"I've got hemorrhoids"

On christmas I texted with my jeweller, just to say hello and ask when he's back in Niamey. The answer I got was "I suffer of hemorrhoids and I'm doing a treatment, therefore I haven't gone to Niamey yet". I was very happy to have this information!! Then Mathieu explained to me that here it is seen as an illness like everything else, compared to in Europe where you keep this for yourself.