Research Article
Childhood Convulsion: Inquiry about the Concerns and Home Management among Mothers in Tegbesun, a Periurban Community in Ilorin, Nigeria
Table 5
Items used for home treatment of convulsions.
| | Items used | Yes (%) | No (%) | Total (%) |
| | Items used | | | | | Cow’s urine concoction | 74 (87.1) | 11 (12.9) | 85 (100) | | Palm oil | 56 (65.9) | 29 (34.1) | 85 (100) | | Cereal gruel | 48 (56.5) | 37 (43.5) | 85 (100) | | Onion applied to the eyes | 33 (38.8) | 52 (61.2) | 85 (100) | | Alligator pepper applied to the eye | 17 (20.0) | 68 (80.0) | 85 (100) | | Others | Nil | Nil | Nil | | Items kept at home | 38 (44.7) | 47 (55.3) | 85 (100) | | Sources of items not kept at home | | Neighbors | 33 (70.2) | 14 (29.8) | 47 (100) | | Herbalist | 13 (27.7) | 34 (72.3) | 47 (100) | | A Passerby | 1 (2.1) | 46 (97.9) | 47 (100) | | Others | Nil | Nil | Nil | | Practices | | | | | Put hand/spoon into the child’s mouth | 74 (61.2) | 47 (38.8) | 121 (100) | | Scarification | 20 (16.5) | 101 (83.5) | 121 (100) | | Recitation of the holy books | 15 (12.4) | 106 (87.6) | 121 (100) | | Burning of the child’s extremities in open fire | 10 (8.3) | 111 (91.7) | 121 (100) | | Incantation | 2 (1.7) | 119 (98.3) | 121 (100) | | Safely put the child to lie on the side | — (—) | — (—) | — (—) |
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