Second hand clothes users risk contracting candidiasis and hepatitis, a medical expert, Dr Elizabeth Uzorji, has saidUzorji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Tuesday that such
diseases were air borne and could be contracted easily through the
constant use of second hand clothes.
“Those that patronise second clothes do not have the slightest idea of who the first user was.
“Those selling the wares also do not take their time to wash these clothes very well before marketing them.“So the lack of adequate information
about the negative effects of these second hand clothes among our people
has placed users at high risk and a major cause of concern to public
health experts,’’ she said.
The medical expert decried the situation
where some women buy inner wears from the second hand clothes dealers
warning that such women were at the risk of contracting vaginal
infections.
She advised the people to ensure that
the items were washed before being used, stressing that such step would
go a long way in reducing the chances of such infections.
Uzorji specifically advised that such
second hand clothes be washed with hot water and detergent before being
used so as to reduce the chances of any infection.
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