Ilerada is a health information service. It is not a health care service.
Understanding the difference is the most important thing on this page.
What Ilerada is
We publish articles written or reviewed by licensed Nigerian clinicians. Our aim is to explain everyday health topics in plain language — what a condition is, what usually causes it, what the treatment involves, what warning signs to watch for, and what questions to ask at your clinic.
Our content follows a formal editorial process, is reviewed by registered Nigerian healthcare professionals, and is updated at least once every two years. We take accuracy seriously. We take corrections seriously. We do not publish clinical content without a named clinician reviewing it first.
What Ilerada is not
Reading an Ilerada article is not the same as consulting a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or any other registered healthcare professional. We do not examine you. We do not take your history. We do not know your other conditions, your other medicines, your blood tests, your allergies, or anything else that a clinician who sees you regularly would know.
Ilerada does not:
- Diagnose conditions.
- Prescribe or recommend specific medicines or doses for a specific person.
- Replace advice your own doctor, nurse, pharmacist or other clinician has given you.
- Make decisions for you about treatment.
- Monitor you over time.
What to do if you are unwell
See a registered Nigerian healthcare professional. For most things, your community health extension worker (CHEW), pharmacist, nurse, or nearest primary health care centre is the right first stop. For anything that worries you, go to a doctor.
The right person to tell you what is wrong with you, and what to do about it, is someone who can examine you — not a website.
If this is an emergency
Go immediately to the nearest hospital. Do not wait. Do not read more articles. Do not call us.
If you can, call your local emergency services while someone takes you. Nigerian emergency numbers vary by state:
- Lagos: 767 or 112
- Abuja / FCT: 112
- Other states: contact your state emergency management agency (SEMA), or go directly to the nearest general hospital or teaching hospital.
Signs that usually mean you should not wait and should go immediately include: chest pain, breathing difficulty, stroke symptoms (sudden weakness on one side, sudden trouble speaking, sudden drooping face, sudden loss of vision), loss of consciousness, a fit that does not stop, heavy bleeding that will not slow, a child who cannot be roused, or any other situation that frightens you.
If your gut says this is an emergency, treat it as one. We would rather you went to hospital unnecessarily than stayed home with something serious.
A note on specific groups
Pregnant women. Some content on Ilerada discusses pregnancy. Pregnancy changes almost everything about how symptoms present and what is safe. If you are pregnant and something concerns you, go to your antenatal clinic or the nearest hospital — do not rely on general health information, even reviewed general health information.
Children under five. Children this age can deteriorate quickly. If you are worried about a child this age, please see a healthcare professional rather than waiting to see whether a symptom resolves.
People on prescription medication. Interactions between medicines are complex and individual. Never start, stop or adjust a prescribed medicine based on something you have read on Ilerada without speaking to your prescribing clinician or pharmacist first.
Content is general — you are specific
Even where our content is accurate and up-to-date, it is written for a general reader. Your situation may be different. The same symptom has different causes in different people. The same medicine has different effects at different doses, ages and weights. The same dietary advice may be appropriate for one person with diabetes and unsuitable for another. General guidance cannot replace individual assessment.
Errors and corrections
If you believe something on Ilerada is medically inaccurate, out of date, or missing something important, please write to corrections@ilerada.com. We investigate all corrections and we take them seriously. Our corrections policy is described in our Editorial Process page.
Our reviewers
Every clinical article on Ilerada carries the name, credentials and last-reviewed date of the clinician who reviewed it. You can read more about how we recruit and work with reviewers on our Clinical Reviewers page.
This disclaimer is also summarised in our Terms of Use (Section 5) and Privacy Policy (Section 10). Where there is any difference, the version on this page applies.