Artificial Limbs Nigeria

Artificial and prosthetic limbs are a fact of life for amputees. Whether you lost a leg or an arm due to an accident, diabetes or an infection. It's what you need, if you wants to get back to living a fruitful life. That joy of getting an artificial limb or prosthesis can sometimes be short lived, when it becomes unconformable to use the prosthesis. It feels as if you finally have your life back just to have it become uncomfortable to live in. This discomfort is sometimes caused by an uncomfortable socket. The socket is the cup shaped plug that connects the body to the prosthesis. Each time you wear your prosthesis, it constantly bruises or chaffs you. Making the idea of putting it on a dreadful experience. The chaffing and bruising, is caused by tiny nicks in the interior face of the socket. These nicks are usually defects that occur during the production of the socket and its use over time. There are ways to counter this. 1. Cloth or nylon material Clothe and Nylon materials are

We tend to do a lot of walking, good heavens sometimes it feels like from the moment we are born, we are preparing our feet for the massive job of walking. Our parents and everyone expects us to get up and go from the get go. As we grow older and the flow of life seems to take its toll on us, we begin to notice strange things about our body and about our feet, which are the most over used part of our body and the most unappreciated. As things progress, we begin to feel different aches and pains on our feet. This includes some strange growth that just defy explanations, it sometimes leaves us asking "Hello where did that come from." One common and misunderstood growth/Defect that afflicts us is Hallux Valgus. What’s a Bunion The Hallux Valgus or its most popular name "Bunion" is a deformity characterized by medial deviation of the first metatarsal and lateral deviation of the hallux (big toe), often erroneously described as an enlargement of bone or tissue around the

Your feet are one of your most important assest. That you started wear shoes to protect them, is a norm in your daily life. But you didn't buy those shoes just to protect your feet, they also have to really look good and feel comfortable. That said, would you like to always feel protected and comfortable in any pair shoes you wear or buy? There is a little known fact about all the shoes we wear. Did you know that without the Insole of a shoe, you wouldn't be able to walk with them? Standing would be a painfully experience, talk less of walking. Insoles are those soft pads that are in every pair of shoes to protect your feet from the outsole of a shoe. The pads tend to have a rubbery texture and usually branded with the name of the producer of the shoe. Theses factory fitted pads, work great for protecting your feet, but they don't hold up against the strains of a mobile day at the office. The constantly move around, shuffling reports and file up and down the stair, talk mor

There is a lot that needs to be said about the plight of amputees in Nigeria, but most times the basics are left unsaid. How does one become an amputee, if asked this most people will say it comes about by the loss of a limb be it an arm or leg or both through accidents. We tend to overlook the story of how someone came to be without a limb, and what can be done to help such a person live a fulfilled life. We forget that they just went through a painful procedure and are reminded about the trauma of the procedure, every time they look at what they have lost. It was not easy for the individual, some of them come out of it stronger, and some come out of it scarred for life, others….. What is it all about, is there hope for these people. The answer is, yes. One just needs to look at countless cases online of people with disabilities or amputations leading a normal life. You might say but that the US, Britain, China and some other developed countries of the world. Yes true, there things ar

What is an amputation? Why is it done? National library of Medicine calls it “A surgical removal of the external part of a body, most often a limb or part of it, as a form of treatment. The aim of an amputation is to save a patient’s life and reduce debility. It may be required when a limb is severely crushed or dead due to impaired blood circulation in diabetic disease, infection (Gangrene), burns, frostbite, prevent bone cancer or disease of the blood vessels.” Now let’s consider the process before an amputation occurs and after it occurs. Due to disease or an accident an Individual is rushed to the hospital by either friends or family. In the hospital all possible means to save the individuals live is being done by the doctors and staff, it is noticed that that over time that a particular limb is refusing to respond to treatment and is slowly getting infected. The doctor recommends that amputation should be done to save the life of the individual. At this point family and friends de

What solutions can Nigeria offer? Where do you need to go? There are various solutions available to amputees in Nigeria. These range from locally made Prosthetics and orthotic devices to foreign ones. But first what are Prosthetic and Orthotic devices. Mmomelu Solomon of solotag78 “Prosthetics can be defined as the science of fabricating various Orthopadeic devices or appliances to substitute or replace a missing body part. It can be an upper or lower body extremity. Example includes below the knee prosthetics and above the knee Prosthesis for the lower body extremity and below the elbow and above the elbow Prosthesis for the Upper body extremity to mention a few.” These device can render a cosmetic effect replacement to a functional effect replacement to devices that can perform better that the actual limb. Studies show that the technology of the locally made prosthetics provide more of a cosmetic effect, this is due to the technologies available to our locally prosthetic technicians.