Female Celebrities With Broken Marriages – Getting a divorce or separation can be a very painful and messy ordeal especially when you are a celebrity. So bad are the effects of broken marriages that some women find it difficult to get over their losses. Being able to overcome all this as a woman shows how strong one can be. Meet 11 strong Nigerian female celebrities whose broken marriages cannot hold them down from shining in their careers. Despite their past and sometimes, very public pain, they still remain on top. Let’s celebrate them while wishing them happiness.
1. Tiwa Savage
In June, 2016, Tiwa Savage’s estranged husband Tunji Balogun popularly known as Teebillz took to social media to end their marriage, revealing messy family disputes. This prompted the songstress to grant an interview in which she said she was done with the marriage. However, despite all the drama, Savage has been able to move her career up the ladder especially with her recent management deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation. Savage and Tee Billz have a son together.
2. Funke Akindele
In May, 2012, Funke Akindele popularly known as Jenifa married Kehinde Oloyede Almaroof and within one year the marriage ended. But strong lady that she is, the Jenifa star never allowed that to slow her down despite the criticisms that followed her marriage and its dissolution. She went on to score high points with her TV series, Jenifa’s Diary, among other projects. Akindele recently remarried on August 23, 2016 to Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz. Wishing her all the best.
3. Monalisa Chinda
Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda suffered a divorce from her husband Dejo Richards in 2009 after they had a daughter together. But the strong woman in Chinda did not allow that to stop her from climbing to the top of her career. She went ahead to be listed among the top actresses in Nollywood. She also started a TV show called You and I. The beautiful actress on September 1, 2016 married her new beau Victor Tonye Coker in Greece.
4. Doris Simeon
Actress Doris Simeon was married to someone within the movie industry, Daniel Ademinokan. Fans their marriage was fairy tale, alas, it was all temporary. They parted ways in 2011 after having a son together. Doris was initially affected by the breakup but has since moved on with her acting career. She also runs a beauty parlour.
5. Ini Edo
Ini Edo’s married her US-based ex-husband, Philip Ehiagwina, in November 2008 but the marriage broke down under six years. Edo has gone on to the top of her career, has a political appointment and owns a lounge in Lekki, Lagos.
6. Stephanie Okereke
Ex-beauty queen and top Nollywood actress Stephanie Linus Okereke married ex-Super Eagles defender, Chikelue Iloenyosi, in 2004 but the marriage crashed in 2007. The actress didn’t her subsequent separation and divorce get in the way of her success. She soon added producer and director to film industry cap. Stephanie later remarried in April 2012 in France to Linus Idahosa shortly after a Lagos High Court had declared her 2004 marriage to Iloenyosi null and void.
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Cholera - including symptoms, treatment and prevention
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal illness caused by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio
cholerae.
The cholera organism is known to be present in some rivers along the eastern Australian
coast, but cholera acquired in Australia is very rare. In Australia, because of our high
standards of sanitation, water and food quality, cholera outbreaks do not occur.
Typically, cholera is seen only in travellers arriving from countries where the disease is
still common, such as Africa, Central Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Cholera is a notifiable condition1
How cholera is spread
Infection occurs when the bacteria are taken in by mouth, usually in food or water
contaminated by human faeces.
Cholera is spread by:
drinking contaminated water
eating food contaminated by dirty water, soiled hands or flies
eating fish or shellfish from contaminated waters.
The cholera organism can survive for long periods in water and ice.
Signs and symptoms
Infection is often mild, or without any symptoms, but it can be severe.
Symptoms include:
sudden onset of painless, profuse, watery diarrhoea
nausea and vomiting early in the illness
dehydration.
In severe untreated cases, death may occur within hours, but with simple treatment full
recovery can be expected.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is suspected on clinical signs and confirmed by growing Vibrio cholerae from a
faecal specimen.
Incubation period
(time between becoming infected and developing symptoms)
A few hours to 5 days, usually 2 to 3 days.
Infectious period
(time during which an infected person can infect others)
During the acute stage and for a few days after recovery. However, some people (called
'carriers') who do not have symptoms may still carry the bacteria and be infectious,
sometimes for months to years.
Treatment
Anyone who has been in a high-risk region within the previous 5 days and develops severe
vomiting and diarrhoea should seek urgent medical assessment.
Although cholera can be life-threatening, it is easily treated by immediate rehydration,
that is, replacement of the fluid and salts lost through diarrhoea.
Oral rehydration fluid is recommended. This can be obtained from pharmacies.
Patients with severe dehydration or who are unable to keep oral fluids down require
hospitalisation and intravenous fluid replacement.
Antibiotics shorten the duration of the illness and lessen the severity, but they are not
as important as rehydration.
Prevention
Exclude people with cholera from childcare, preschool, school and work until there has
been no diarrhoea for 24 hours. If working as a food handler in a food business, the
exclusion period should be until there has been no diarrhoea or vomiting for 48 hours.
Infants, children and adults with cholera infection should not swim until there has been
no diarrhoea for 24 hours.
Follow good hand washing procedures.
Severely ill patients should be isolated in hospital.
People who are less severely ill can be nursed at home. Faeces and vomit can be disposed
of into the toilet except in areas where there is not an adequate sewage disposal system.
All linen and articles used by the patient should be washed in hot soapy water and the
room thoroughly cleaned when the person has recovered.
Vaccines are available but are recommended only for travellers to high-risk countries.
They may not protect against all strains of cholera bacteria and protection is for several
months only.
When travelling to high-risk countries, seek advice from a travel medical clinic or an
experienced general practitioner on how to protect yourself from cholera and other
diarrhoeal illnesses. In particular, drink only water that has been boiled or disinfected
with iodine or chlorine tablets. Carbonated bottled drinks are usually safe, if no ice is
added.
Good food handling procedures should always be followed, including when travelling.
Contacts (for example, family members) of a case should be observed for 5 days from the
date of the last exposure to the infected person. A contact is any person who has been
close enough to an infected person to be at risk of having acquired the infection from
that person.
What Are Symptoms and Signs of Cholera?
Cholera may be asymptomatic or mild, but 20% develop the classic uncontrollable watery
diarrhea, often so severe that the stool of a victim is almost clear and does not stop.
The classic appearance is called "rice water stool." Nausea and vomiting also occur, but
there is usually little abdominal pain or cramping.
If the victim cannot drink enough fluid and electrolytes to replace the loss, they will
die from complications of water-electrolyte imbalance (imbalance of body sodium,
potassium, and pH). Extreme loss of water also causes life-threatening low blood pressure
and shock ("hypovolemic shock").
Other than severe diarrhea, other signs help determine the level of dehydration and
whether shock is present. Early symptoms of dehydration include thirst, dry mouth,
weakness, and leg cramps, progressing to more advanced symptoms and signs with fast heart
rate, drop in blood pressure or fainting upon standing up, and insufficient urine
production.
A person who is severely dehydrated may have a sunken appearance to the eyes, loosening of
the skin, and weight loss; they may develop sleepiness and be difficult to arouse. These
are important signs of impending shock, at which point the person will become unresponsive
and may develop mottled purple blotches of the extremities.
What Is the Incubation Period With Cholera?
The incubation period (the time between ingestion of the bacterium and the start of
symptoms) is very short, from two hours to five
What Are Treatment Options for Cholera?
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Cholera does not require highly technical treatment, and up to 80% of victims survive if
treated with rehydration. An epidemic can be stopped by rehydration of victims and
establishing basic sanitation. Rehydration may be accomplished using simple oral
rehydration fluid. This may be a product similar to commercial pediatric electrolyte
solutions, but an effective oral replacement can be as simple and inexpensive as a
solution of clean water with a small amount of sugar and salt. More severe cases of
dehydration when a person cannot drink even small sips require IV fluids.
Antibiotic treatment of infected individuals is also used to shorten the course of illness
and the duration of shedding of the bacteria in stool. Effective antibiotics against
cholera include tetracycline, doxycycline (Vibramycin), sulfa drugs such as trimethoprim
(Primsol) and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim), ciprofloxacin (Cipro), erythromycin
(Ery-Tab), and azithromycin (Zithromax).
Education and awareness campaigns in epidemic areas permit early treatment of those
infected, as well as establishing local prevention measures.
Vaccination is an important tool in outbreak control. The World Health Organization stocks
two oral cholera vaccines (Dukoral and Shanchol) that have been used successfully in mass
vaccination campaigns. Mass antibiotic treatment is not used because it does not stop
epidemics or the spread of cholera. It also leads to resistance to the antibiotics when
they are actually needed.
What Are Complications of Cholera?
The complications of untreated cholera are mainly shock and death from massive fluid loss.
Massive electrolyte loss can lead to lethal cardiac rhythm disturbances and seizures.
What Is the Prognosis for Cholera?
Without replacement fluids, cholera is most often lethal in infants, young children, the
malnourished, and the elderly. Yet if basic oral hydration and electrolyte replacement is
available, the prognosis is good for surviving cholera.
Cholera: Cholera is a highly contagious disease that causes profuse amounts of watery
diarrhea, often referred to as "rice water stool." Treatment of cholera involves
rehydration and the administration of antibiotics to shorten the course of the disease.
There are vaccines that can aid in the prevention of cholera.