*Says they causes lung, liver cancer
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
A former Head of Department of Staff Medical Services, University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Dr. Omolara Adelowo has advised women in Nigeria to steer clear of alcohol consumption, smoking and radiation to avoid cancer.
The medical expert gave the advice in Ibadan while speaking at a health talk and get-together organised by Women in Surveying (WIS), the female wing of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) Oyo State chapter on Tuesday.
Dr Adelowo stressed that alcohol consumption, smoking and radiation have been identified as
major causes of cancer among women in Nigeria.
Speaking on the theme of the event, “Cancer in women: Common types and early detection strategies” held at NIS building, Ibadan, the medical expert said for women to prevent breast, liver or lung cancer, the time has come for women in the country to shun alcohol consumption, smoking and things having high radiation.
Dr. Adelowo pointed out that, breast cancer when it goes to the brain, can make the carrier to go into coma, saying, ” it is known that smoking of tobacco can cause lung cancer.
” There are some that can be hereditary and some environmental factors such as smoking. It can be active or passive smoking. Alcohol consumption is also part of it. It can cause liver cancer”, she said.
The medical expert added, “Radiation is part of it. That is why we have been warning women to always keep away from phones, tablets and laptops in the night or sleep near them. That is why we say that moving close to microwave is dangerous. Microwave has too much radiation.
“We have different types of cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer. Symptoms are lump in the breast, lung, weight loss, fever etc.
If breast cancer goes to the brain, the person can go into coma”.
The WIS Coordinator, Surveyor Basirat Dairo while speaking, said the programme was organised to create more awareness about the menace of breast cancer among women in the profession, saying, “It is being organized to create awareness among female professionals, that we should listen to our body language.
“Our health is most important, it is when we are healthy that we can discharge our duties as wives, mothers and professional women that we are”, she said.
Present at the health talk included; Surveyor- General of the state, Surveyor Abiodun Alaba, NIS Chairman, Surveyor Waheed Abiodun Lamidi and WIS Coordinator, Surveyor Basirat Dairo.
