Women should avoid using unorthodox methods to
tighten their vaginas after delivery, according to panellists on the Vodafone
Healthline programme, the social intervention arm of Vodafone Ghana Limited.
They said that this might harm their reproductive
organs, especially after delivery.
They went on to say that the vagina was designed
to handle infants coming out and then revert back to conduct its other
functions.
They said this to dispel the myth that a woman's
vaginal size does not return to normal after delivery.
The panel included the hostess, Fremah Asiedu, a
nutritionist, Dr. Aba Folson (cardiologist), and Dr. Kwekuma Yalley
(cardiologist) (General Practitioner).
Women who utilised such concussions to tighten
their vaginals, according to Dr. Yalley, might face major issues in the future.
He stated that vaginal lightening treatments
employ a process known as fibrosis to generate scar tissues that provide the
appearance of tightness.
“If you get pregnant and can’t relax for the
vagina to open the way it is supposed to, then you will tear through it,
because fibrous tissues cannot expand and relax,” Dr Yalley explained.
Dr Folson, for her part, said after childbirth,
the vagina should return to “near-normal” if nothing traumatic happened during
the birthing process.
She defined a traumatic event as a condition in
which the baby is excessively huge or the woman gives birth too soon, causing a
rip and causing the vagina to take longer to recover to its usual size.
Both physicians recommended the Kegel exercise to
ladies who wanted to strengthen their vaginal muscles after delivery.
Kegel exercise, also known as pelvic-floor
exercise, includes tightening and releasing the muscles that make up the pelvic
floor on a regular basis, which may be done by trying to hold pee for a few
seconds.
Vodafone aids Jayden
Vodafone covered the costs of a young boy in
Takoradi who was born without a genitalia or an anal end and required multiple
surgeries as a result of his condition.
Jayden, Faustina Annan's son, was born with a rare
abnormality in which he was born without a penis and only one testicle, making
gender determination difficult.
He also lacked an anal pathway, instead relying on
a tiny hole to pass urine and faeces.
A hole was cut through his rib in the first
surgery so he could pass stools.
This was a painful experience for him because he
would cry every time he passed stool, and doctors attempted to create an anal
pathway to allow proper faecal matter passage because of the pain.
“Unfortunately,
the procedure failed which necessitated a third surgery in which doctors
managed to create an opening at his anal end but stool couldn’t exit through
it.
“Doctors therefore, had to reopen the hole on his
side to allow the passage of stool once more.
“This required regular checks particularly after
he eats, to ensure he doesn’t soil himself,” both mother and grandmother said
in an interview.
Relief
Jayden
had a fourth operation, which required physicians cutting a hole in his lower
belly to determine why the third surgery failed.
Jayden's illness has taken a toll on the family's
mental and financial well-being.
Fortunately, Vodafone stepped in and gathered cash
to assist the little kid in undergoing the necessary surgeries and, perhaps,
leading a happy life.
Dr. Amoako Duah, a gastroenterologist from the
University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), spoke about fatty liver disease.
Source: ghananews.hrforum.uk
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