Impact of Seasonal Changes on Asthma Control in North-Western Nigeria.

Background: Asthma control is poor worldwide and is often affected by changes in environmental conditions. Effort to determine the cause of this heavy burden on patients and the healthcare system is crucial.

Aim: To determine the role of seasonal changes on asthma control in Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria.

Influence of seasonal changes on asthma exacerbation in a sudan savanna region: An analysis of 87 cases.

Background: Asthma accounts for 1 out of every 250 deaths worldwide. Many of these deaths are preventable as they occur as a result of suboptimal long-term medical care and delay in seeking help during severe exacerbation. It is believed that increased concentrations of dust, high winds, low temperatures, and low humidity may cause exacerbation of asthma.

Evaluation of apoptotic protease-activating Factor-1 and cluster of Differentiation-4 T-Cell counts in patients-infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bauchi, Nigeria.

Background: This cross-sectional study evaluated Apoptotic Protease Activating Factor and cluster of differentiation-4 (CD4) T-cell counts in patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bauchi, Nigeria.

Methods: This involved 180 blood samples from 90 tuberculosis (TB)-infected patients and 90 of their close contacts at home or attending Federal Medical Center Azare and Infectious Disease Hospital Bayara, Bauchi, Nigeria. The blood samples were analyzed for Apoptotic Protease Activating Factor (Apaf-1) expression using ELISA and CD4 T cells using cyflow counter.

Spirometric evaluation of ventilatory function in adult male cigarette smokers in Sokoto metropolis.

Background: Cigarette smoking is a widespread social habit in Nigeria with extensive deleterious multisystemic effect. Ventilatory dysfunction is one of the cigarette smoking-related illnesses that affect the respiratory system. Spirometry is an investigative method that can be used for the early detection of ventilatory dysfunction even before the onset of the symptoms.

Assessment of respiratory symptoms and lung function among textile workers at Kano Textile Mills, Kano, Nigeria.

Background: The number of textile industries in Nigeria with large work force is on the rise. There is thus the need to assess medical challenges of its workers, one of which is respiratory ailments. Although much has been written about the subject globally, only few studies have been done in Nigeria.