Consultants urologist and gynecologist at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Dr. Ismail Husseni and Dr. Lola Owolabi have recommended regular consumption of vegetables, grains, fruits and lifestyle modifications as preventive measures against prostate enlargement and menopause.
They also stressed that regular exercises and improved dietary intakes are capable of reducing medical conditions amongst men and women.
The medical experts spoke on Monday in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, at the 2023 Press Week of the Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara Council.
Another consultant surgeon at the Kwara state General Hospital, Ilorin, Dr. Aremu Isiaq corroborated his colleagues at the interaction while he moderated.
Dr. Owolabi listed pains in women at the age of menopause as weak bones, vaginal dryness that may cause painful sexual intercourse, mood changes, loss of air and depletion of hormones.
She added that slow digestion, loss of voice, profuse sweating, pubic hair fall off and loss of elasticity of urinary bladder and uterus collapse to the accompanied pains are also part of the experiences.
She, however, recommended healthy diets with less carbohydrates, light clothing, frequent cold baths rather than hot baths, water-based lubricants and hormone replacement therapy that must not be used beyond five years.
The gynaecologist dispelled the belief that irregular sex induces early menopause, describing it as an ageing process among women.
She said: “It is the absence of eggs that prompts normal and regular menopause, it has nothing to do with sex”, warning against habitual unchecked diets which could “certainly induce early menopause.
She also prescribed intakes of proteinous foods, less strenuous exercises as well as intake of Vitamin-E medications to reduce falling airs.
On his part, Dr. Husseni described prostate among men as a normal phenomenon “as long as you are not castrated, you must have it”,
linking its spread and dangerous poise to irregular and unchecked diets.
According to him “there is no major treatment for prostate cancer, it varies,” adding that its severity lies with the risk factors.
Husseni noted that lifestyle modification could forever check or reduce the menace, saying that “lifestyle modification is the key to prostate cancer-free life among men.
“The risk factor, aside alcohol and smoking is diet. Do away with dairy foods like animal fats and red meats and go for white meats like rabbits, chicken and turkey”.
He also recommended at least, a yearly medical checkup for men that are 40 years and above with the history of prostate issue in their families.
“Avoid misinformation, prostrate cancer is not contagious,” he declared.