A medical expert, Dr Unyime Ndor, of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, has cautioned against excessive drinking of beer, hot drinks and herbal concoctions.
He also discouraged continuous smoking of cigarettes, hard drugs and other substances.
The medical practitioner equally discouraged those described as ‘passive smokers’ from continued closeness with active smokers.
He said even though they do not smoke directly yet they, too, are vulnerable to assorted ailments as a result of effects of cigarettes smoking.
Ndor was a guest of a vernacular programme on Tangsio Radio where he enlightened on importance of liver and kidney and why they must be cared for by avoiding certain foods, drinks and exposure.
World Kidney Day is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.
It is observed annually on the 2nd Thursday in March.
