beautiful readers, we will be focusing on a condition that threatens the lives of thousands of women in rural areas.
What is VVF?
vvf is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder or (vesico) and the vaginal that allows continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault.
A vaginal fistula is a passage or hole that has formed between two organs in your body, an organ in your body and skin. It is a seriously critical medical condition, an infection for women which arises during and after child birth. In developing countries like Nigeria and India where women often in rural areas and villages have accesible medical faculities, vaginal fistulas are more common. statistics show that no fewer than 12,000 women develop VVF every year in Nigeria especially in areas like Niger state. Most females affected are usually illiterate, financially challenged young girls and women who live in places which are not motorable or lack good medical facilities.
LEADING FACTORS OF VVF:
-abortions, poor medical facilities, unskilled medical officials, poor delivery during child birth, lack of emergency obstetric care.
SYMPTOMS OF VVF INCLUDE:
If you have a vesico vaginal fistula, colovaginal or ecterovaginal fistula, you are likely to develop and suffer from:
-Fluid leaking or flowing out of your vaginal
-Foul smelling discharge or gas coming out of your vagina
-Your genital area may have an infection or sore.
DIAGONISIS OF VVF
-The use of dye in the vagina(and bladder) to find all signs of leakage
-Urinanalysis to check for infection
Blood test to check for signs of infection in your body
-Getting a doctor or medical expert to conduct an xray or MRI to get a clear look and check for all possible tissue damage.
Treatments such as surgery can help treat VVF
Effects of VVF
-psychological trauma, depression, rejection and loneliness
-reports shows feeling devalued as a woman and opting for 'suicide'
-still birth, death, miscarriages and infertility.
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE:
-stigamtisation
-uncessary blame from men,husbands relatives and society at large
-Rejection from the society
-rejection and isolation from husband that could lead to seperation or divorce.
WHAT CAN BE DONE?
International organizations like WHO(WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION) can donate, provide, create, special and well developed health Facilities, medical centers, medical personnel.
Seminars and awareness campaign on VVF for young girls and women
Donations from NGOs(non governmental organization,charity organization,corporate organization.
Government aids and support for women suffering from VVF
Stop STIGMATISATION
Share stories and experience with Temmy and kindly contact us if you have anyone around you who is suffering from VVF or who has similar symptoms as describe in this write up.
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Temmy
Today we shall be discussing an issue which have been a major bone of contention in our society yet many people fear to talk about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about....
INCEST
Incest is a sexual relationship between two closely related people, parents, cousins, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, in-law etc. It is a form of sexual abuse and molestation e.g. sex between a brother and sister,a father and daughter, mother and son,step family members,half-related family members, cousins, etc.
In more that 70 per cent cases investigated,
incest is usually consensual I.e.(a common agreement between the two parties to be involved together sexually).
Incest is seen and generally believed to be ungodly in the society as it involves people 2 Ho ordinarily shouldn't be having canal or sexual knowledge of each other.
Incest is a complicated and psychological issue in homes, society, religious centers, it often involves one person of higher position/power and the latter of lesser position/power.
CAUSE OF INCEST?
According to research the major causes of incest include:
-traumatic childhood experiences from each or both of the incestous family members that leads into a psychological problem in adulthood
-the type and level of relationship or familiarity between the family members
-spending excessive time together
-how often they get exposed to the privacy of each other nakedness
-the need for a close friend,confidant and helper
-lack of proper attention and care
It is acknowledged by both family members involved to be wrong but they usually lack the morale to end it.
IMPLICATIONS OF INCEST:
-Spiritual implications such as curse from GOD. Incest is a sin, it is morally unacceptable
Socially unacceptable
-family disunity and division
-psychological scars and emotional imbalance
-legally, offenders are condemned to jail.
-it causes aggressive behaviours,unatural obsession
-suicide
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I will like to formally welcome you to the debut of a life changing platform which gives voice to the voiceless in our society through highlighting major issues that has been bone of contention or which many people have refused to talk about because of fear of rejection, intimidation or isolation.
Sound of Silence will be focusing on issues concerning our day to day life activities, social vices, health issues, societal and environmental issues.
This platform will be highly interactive hence readers are encouraged to keep sending in mails, suggestions, ideals and possible advices on discussions.
We will like to resound the fact that this is a platform designed to help address and if possible draw the attention of the right authorities to ills and social vices in our environment, we hereby beseech our readers to please keep comments clean and try as much as possible to abstain from using abusive words, hate word or any other word that may promote violence.
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