Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Coping Strategies among Women in a Primary Care Clinic in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Context: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important gender-based, social, and public health problem, affecting women globally.

Aims: The aim was to report the prevalence of IPV and describe the coping strategies of the victims.

Settings And Design: It was conducted in the general outpatient clinic of a tertiary care hospital using a cross-sectional design.

The association between giant hydrocele and depression in a rural clinic in Nigeria.

One of the dreaded disfiguring disease conditions among the Andoni tribesmen in the Nigerian Niger delta region is hydrocele, especially when its size is large (giant hydrocele) and it cannot be concealed. This case-control study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of depression among patients with giant hydrocele presenting to Bethesda Clinic Ngo, Andoni, Nigeria. A total of 52 patients were recruited into this study: 26 in the giant hydrocele group and 26 in the control group.

Fever of unknown origin in an infant with an unexpected blood film report: a case report.

Introduction: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) can be defined as a rectal temperature higher than 38.3 degrees C on several occasions over more than 3 weeks, the diagnosis of which remains uncertain after initial investigations. Identification of the causes and management of FUO in children is an important role of rural primary care physicians, and is guided by thorough history-taking and repeated physical examinations combined with standard laboratory tests and simple imaging procedures.

Penile fracture following husband abuse: a case report.

The case of a 35-year-old fisherman who presented in a rural clinic with a sudden onset of painful penile swelling affecting the left lateral side with associated rapid detumescence is reported. He had tried to coerce his wife to a sexual intercourse when she forcefully bent his penis. He was initially managed with cold applications, oral diclofenac potassium, chymoral, and splinting of the penis and then referred to the urological services of a teaching hospital.

Domestic violence against men in primary care in Nigeria.

Domestic violence against men is rare in Nigeria. This study was aimed at assessing the prevalence of domestic violence against men, the sociodemographic characteristics of victims, and the pattern of injury sustained in a primary care setting. This was a retrospective study over a period of 5 years in which all the medical records of patients were retrieved and information on domestic violence extracted from them and transferred to a data sheet.