The TORCH syndrome may sound familiar to you if you have been pregnant before. The motherly instinct makes many women in pregnancy avid readers of medical resources regarding pregnancy and childbirth. If you have not heard of it before, here is your chance. TORCH syndrome is not just one problem. It is a cluster of…
It is never a happy moment when one is told that their child was born with a hole in the heart. After nine months of pregnancy and tough hours of labour, one can easily question why it had to happen. Surgery for these conditions can run into millions of naira. In a country like…
A pap smear is the way doctors test for cervical cancer. If you have seen our cervical cancer video, you have a good idea of what cervical cancer is. The cervix is at the opening of the womb, after the vagina. A pap smear in Nigeria involves scraping some cells of the cervix and running…
Bola has suffered back to back miscarriages in the past two years. Now in another pregnancy, she resolved to do everything to ensure she carried it to term. Hence, she vowed to attend all antenatal visits, change environments, take time off from work and adhere to every health advice from her Obstetrician. However, as she…
The delivery experience comes with fresh apprehension and anxiety for the would-be mother. The ante-natal visits, the toll on the mother’s health all sum up to this. You can now imagine how heightened this apprehension can become when she’s informed that her baby was lying abnormally in her uterus. One form of this abnormal lie…
On Maternal Health today, we’d learn about one of the causes of antepartum haemorrhage, that is, bleeding before delivery- Placental abruption Naturally, the placenta, which is in charge of nutrient provision and waste removal in the developing fetus, develops in and attaches to the wall of the uterus, the part of the woman where the…
Today on child’s health today, we’d be learning about birth injuries. The birth process can be quite distressing and the human factor can play out such that there could be one or two things that would go wrong and result in a birth injury. Infant Cephalohematoma is one of these injuries that can occur. Cephalohematoma…
You must have heard about the placenta. It’s the structure that develops inside the uterus during pregnancy, responsible for providing oxygen and nutrition to and removing wastes from the developing fetus. Normally, it lies by the side or at the top of the uterus, doing its job diligently. But, sometimes, a good guy can go…
Let’s talk about women’s health today. Did you look forward to your first menstrual flow? Do you look forward to it now? Several females dread that time of the month, for many reasons. For some, it’s pain during periods, known as dysmenorrhea. For others, it is the abnormally heavy flows that disrupt their normal daily…
Social media buzzed earlier this week when a lady made a post inferring that a female urinates from her vagina. Vagina? A lot of people passed comments that screamed foul of her statement and chided her for passing the wrong information. Of course, the surface anatomy of the female urogenital system reveals two ‘’holes’’; one…