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Living with PCOS

Though the condition affects 4 to 20 per cent of women of reproductive age worldwide, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is not given the attention it requires. Elohor shares her experience living with PCOS with Document Women. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), is a generally predisposed disorder that affects women of reproductive age and is associated with other…

ByPrecious Uzoma–NwosuMay 10, 20220Comments

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Living with Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF)

Picture yourself, a young girl living in the villages of northwest Nigeria. The flatness of your chest slowly filling out into mounds. Making it so that when you jump and run around the dusty streets of your village they bounce with you. You are not the only one who sees this change. The men of…

ByAisha Kabiru MohammedApril 19, 20221Comment

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What is Virginity and the Hymen? a Myth or Construct?

"a membrane which partially closes the opening of the vagina and whose presence is traditionally taken to be a mark of virginity." Many girls like me, raised in a conservative culture, were introduced to the hymen as a sheet-like structure that completely covered our vaginas and would "break" when we had sex for the first…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeFebruary 22, 20220Comments

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STI in Women And Where To Get Help

Over 1 million STIs are acquired everyday, and 376 million cases are reported annually, according to the WHO. Although they are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between STI and STD. STIs (sexually transmitted infections) are spread predominantly through sexual contact and cause STDs (Sexually transmitted diseases). Sexual contact includes vaginal, oral and anal…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeFebruary 15, 20220Comments

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Cesarean Section Gone South

"Our surgery is neat. It's just temptation... and the devil." When 34-year-old mother of 3, Irene Emmanuel scheduled her cesarean section at Raylife Global Hospital, Kubwa, Abuja, she expected that it would be just like her first 2, smooth. However, her experience in the hands of Dr Okoh Anthony Ewere and his staff, as reported…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeFebruary 8, 20221Comment

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Why Do I Have Two Periods In The Same Month?

At the beginning of one's journey into womanhood, you had your first period ever. This is called 'menarche'; the first day of that first period marked the start of your menstrual cycle. From then on, the count continued until the first day of your next period, which marked the end of the old cycle and…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeFebruary 1, 20220Comments

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Respiratory Diseases Among Women That Cook

Around 2.6 billion people around the world cook using open fires or simple stoves fueled by kerosene, coal and biomass (wood, crop waste, animal dung) and every year, close to 4 million people die prematurely from diseases attributable to household air pollution from these unsafe cooking practises. 27% of these deaths are due to pneumonia,…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeJanuary 25, 20220Comments

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Is Medical Gaslighting Real Or Is It Just In Our Heads?

Medical gaslighting is surprisingly difficult to write about, because even as the words form, I find myself wondering if I’m just being dramatic. If you are a woman, you might be familiar with that feeling; voicing your concern and being told that it is all in your head, sometimes you even start to doubt it…

ByChisom Anastasia NwaezuokeJanuary 18, 20220Comments

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