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Professor Femi Williams analyses of President Buhari's health through his recent photos

- A fresh perspective is evolving on the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari

- The president is currently on medical vacation in the United Kingdom

- A certified physician in Anatomic pathology from London and Ireland, has analysed the president’s health using his recent pictures

Professor Femi Williams, a certified physician in Anatomic pathology from London and Ireland, has analysed President Muhammadu Buhari’s health using the president’s recent pictures.

Professor Femi Williams

Professor Williams, an eminent professor of medicine who graduated from Trinity College, University of Dublin in 1961 arrived at a preliminary clinical diagnosis of what may have gone wrong with Buhari’s health using the pictures.

In a statement obtained by The Nation, Professor Williams called for further investigation on the history of Buhari’s ear infection with a view to determining the true state of his health.

Professor Williams also stated that he Nigerians have a “constitutional right to know the health of our President.”

“It is a moral prerogative to be concerned about our president’s health. The physical and mental well-being of most Presidents in the world are usually not shrouded in secrecy because details of the health of current and past presidents in the developed world are published in the public domain.

“Speculations about the health of some of our leaders should not be subject to benign or malignant analyses by medically qualified and non- medically qualified pundits,” he said.

He continued: “As a board certified physician in internal medicine and a board certified physician in anatomic pathology from London and Ireland I hereby venture to throw some light on this invaluable photograph that may allay the fears of all the concerned citizens of this nation and in the Diaspora.”

The findings of Professor Williams are:

1. The president is not dehydrated

2. The president is not clinically anaemic

3. The president is not clinically jaundiced

4. For his age, there are no wrinkles on his forehead indicative of good preservation and nutrition

He however said the president’s costume does not permit a superficial assessment of whether he has lost weight or not.

His positive findings are:

1. The photograph shows some degree of clubbing of the fingers

2. The photo shows a small nodule on the lateral aspect of two fingers and one of these bumps has a hyper pigmented rim suggestive of an infective etiology (cause) in the recent past

3. There is mild reduplication of skin over the knuckles ( not enough for elastosis)

4. There are multiple transverse opacities on the nails particularly of the left hand suggestive of an infection? Viral or other infections.

Continuing, Professor Williams said: “The summary of these positive findings suggest that if the clubbing of the fingers are not congenital, the president may have a disease associated with finger clubbing, some of which are not serious and some of which are serious and cannot be speculated upon. The most serious of these is cancer somewhere.

“One relevant question to ask is whether the president smoked cigarettes at some point in his life. Furthermore the multiple opacities in the nails suggest some infective pathologies at different times as these opacities appear layered in disposition.

“The little bump on the finger with a hyper pigmented rim is benign and suggests a previous infection or even an insect bite. In my opinion, there may be no cause for alarm if the finger clubbing is something he was born with. If not there may be cause for alarm if the underlying cause is a serious disease and there are many to consider.

“The significance of his past history of an ear infection is worthy of further investigation as head and neck cancers may masquerade in a number of ways.

“It will be in the best interest of all concerned for more information to be released as extended requests for sick leave make the prognosis to be suspect.

“I may be wrong as this synopsis is based on a newspaper snapshot which is presumed to be of recent vintage. In that case this is not meant to mislead the public but to fill a huge void in the absence of reliable information.”

President Buhari has been in London since January 19. The presidency had first announced that he was there for a 10-day leave. But he has since extended the leave on medical grounds.

Afenifere chieftain and elder statesman, Ayo Adebanjo recently said the presidency is not sincere about the true state of President Buhari’s health, adding that those around the president were taking Nigerians for fools.

Similarly, former President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr Dozie Ikedife has expressed his displeasure over how the presidency is handling the president’s health situation.

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