South-west Nigeria Bears Country’s Second-Highest Burden of Goitre, Says Jennifer Etuh Outreach
Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo
The Jennifer Etuh Foundation outreach has declared that the South-west Nigeria bears the country’s second-highest burden of goitre, with a prevalence of 29 per cent, while Osun State ranks third in the region at 24 per cent.
It said that statistics from research reveal that women are six times more likely than men to be affected with the condition peaking between the ages of 30 and 49.
This, according to the research, is striking many in their most economically productive years and often causing debilitating symptoms such as neck swelling, difficulty breathing, swallowing, and chronic pain.
