A Cross-Sectional Survey of Online Health Information Seeking Behavior Pattern of Undergraduate Students in a Nigerian Private University

Given the wide-ranging influence of the internet on people in this digital age and the extensive reliance of young people on internet-enabled mobile devices, our study aimed to assess the pattern of online health information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in a Nigerian private university. Employing the cross-sectional survey design and purposive sampling technique, three hundred and four (304) undergraduates took part in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on the socio-demographic characteristics, participant’s use of the internet, online health information seeking behaviour and use of online health information. The results showed that the mean age of 20.012.34 years whereby the age range of the respondents was from 15 to 29 years. Also, most of the students were active users of the internet as 94.1% used the internet daily while 83.2% used the internet for health purpose. Topmost among the reasons given for usage and non-usage of the internet for health information included convenience (74.3%) and unreliability (10.5%) respectively. Majorly (67.1%) of the respondents sought online health information using the Google search engine. Skin conditions (62.5%) and sexual/reproductive health (59.9%) were the most searched topics. Also, most (51%) used online health information as a basis for lifestyle change while only 38% consulted health professionals after obtaining online information. In conclusion, the internet has assumed a very important role in the lives of undergraduate students in Nigeria, more so in the area of seeking for health information. There is therefore an urgent need to promote information literacy tailored towards online health information among undergraduate students in particular and young people in general. There is a need for practitioners in the Nigerian health sector to take an active position in regulating and ensuring the availability of health-related information, especially that which is related to locally common health conditions

Menstruating primary umbilicus cutaneous endometriosis: A case report and review of literature

Primary umbilical cutaneous endometriosis is a rare umbilical endometrioma that affects women who are within the reproductive age group. It may be associated with infertility and severe dysmenorrhea and can be difficult to diagnosed in an asymptomatic patient. We report a case of a 38-year-old nulliparous with seven years history of infertility and severe dysmenorrhea. Her hormonal profile assay and hysterosalpingogram results were normal while her husband semen analysis was also within normal range. She complained of monthly bleeding from a painful rubbery multilobate cutaneous nodule on the umbilicus of one year duration. She was diagnosed of cutaneous endometriosis. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically and she had surgical excision with good outcome

RESEARCH ARTICLE ARTICALTICLE International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences BIOCHEMISTRY LIPID PROFILES IN SERUM SAMPLES OF SOME NIGERIAN MALE SUBJECTS

Excessive levels of cholesterol in blood circulation are strongly associated with progression of atherosclerosis. While the measurement of total cholesterol (TC) low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are recommended in current cardiovascular screening algorithins, recent guidelines have emphasized the importance of non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) as a predictor of cardiovascular risk, while others have strongly advocated the use of specific lipid ratios of TC to HDL cholesterol. This study examined clinical utility of atherogenic dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, non-HDL cholesterol and the lipid ratios (TC to HDL cholesterol, LDL to HDL cholesterol, TG to HDL cholesterol, non-HDL to HDL cholesterol) as an individual marker of cardiovascular events. Characterisation of the study subjects was given. The analyses of the biochemical parameters were done using Reflotron ® System. The TC, HDL and TG (total glyceride) were measured directly. LDL-C was estimated using the Friedewald formula: [TC] – [total HDL-C]-20 % of the TG = estimated LDL-C based on the fact that TC is the sum of HDL, LDL and VLDL. The VLDL was estimated as one-fifth of TG. This formula was used to estimate LDL-C and VLDL-C in the samples. For the purpose of therapeutic decisionmaking