Health Care

by: Yap Abbey

A lot of people play around a number of different bith control methods before finally settling to a particular method. Some settle for temporary birth control measures like oral contraceptive pills, hormonal patches, intra-uterine devices, condoms, etc. However some people may be extreme enough to permanently want to stop their ability to bear child or produce offspring. For these extreme people, may their reasons be just of personal preference, or due to underlying medical conditions, sterilization may be the only solution.

Sterilization

Sterilization is the surgical procedure done to render a man or woman unable to procreate. This is considered a permanent contraception method. Here are a list of sterilization methods being practiced:

For males:
l Vasectomy. In this procedure, the vas deferens, the tubes which connect the testicles to the prostate, are cut and closed. This prevents sperm produced in the testicles to enter the ejaculated semen (which is mostly produced in the seminal vesicles and prostate). Although the term vasectomy is established in the general community, the correct medical terminology is deferentectomy, since the structure known as the vas deferens has been renamed the ductus deferens.

For females:
l Tubal ligation. This procedure is also known popularly as "having one's tubes tied". The Fallopian tubes, which allow the sperm to fertilize the ovum and carry the fertilized ovum to the uterus, are closed. This procedure generally involves a general anaesthetic and a laparotomy or laparoscopic approach to cut, clip or cauterize the fallopian tubes. A less commonly used approach is the Essure office procedure of inducing scarring and occlusion of the tubes by the effects of micro-inserts placed by a catheter passed through the cervix and uterus.
l Hysterectomy. In this procedure, the uterus is surgically removed, permanently preventing pregnancy and some diseases, such as uterine cancer.

As sterilization is a permanent method of contraception, reversing its effects is impossible. However, there have been rare cases where the effects have been reversed, and the ability to bear child or to procreate is restored.

Pros and cons
The good thing about sterilization is that you are no longer required to take do anything before, during, or after sexual intercourse. The effects of this method is immediate. Vasectomy does not affect a man's ability to gain an erection. Nor does tubal ligation affect a woman's hormone production.

This procedure is not suggested to people who are young and may have plans of having a child in the future as there is no guaranteed success in reversing the effects of this birth control method.

On the down side, this contraceptive method will not protect you from any sexually transmitted disease. And because the procedures will require surgery, it may take a few days of recuperation before one can engage in sexual activities again. Also, because this method requires surgery, one is succeptible to surgery related risks like infections. Because this procedure is non-reversible, people who change their minds after having the operation done will have to live with the regret of not being to create life ever.

Permanently stopping one's ability to create a life is a heavy decision to make. It should never be done on impulse or just because you're being pressured to do so. It is best to think it over well before making a choice.

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By shagufta Khan

STD Symptoms

STD (sexually transmitted disease) better known as STI (sexually transmitted infections) caused due to sexual contact. These are infectious disease and are passed from one person to another through sexual contacts, oral sex and anal sex. This is real threat to our society as teenage boys and girls are getting affected and the number is increasing at an alarming rate. At least this disease grips 80% of the people. 40 million people around the globe are suffering from this disease and half of them are women.

It is the matter of great concern for those countries which are having the highest number of population affected. The main cause is practicing of unsafe and unprotected sex i.e. sex done without using condoms, faulty use of condoms or the oral sex. It is very difficult to trace the early signs of the disease. The symptoms are not seen but the disease may still remain active, but if there is any change in the body or some symptoms like the, foul smell in vagina, unusual discharge from penis or vagina, abnormal bleeding, burning sensation while urination, , itching and swelling in testicals or vagina, mouth sores, warts or some transparent blisters around the vaginal area or testicals or pale skin and eyes, or unexplained tiredness may be due to the diseases like Gonorrhea Hepatitis (viral), Syphilis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) or Genital Warts. All these are different types of sexually transmitted disease. But the one which is incurable and fast spreading is HIV positive (aids).

Those people involved in sex with multiple partners or more than one partner is more prone to sex related problems or easily susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases. Those with less sexual partner or only one sex partner have low risk of getting affected. The safest way to be away from such disease is to stop engaging in multiple sexes, avoiding sex with multiple partners and using condoms. The condoms are available both for men and women. Without condoms the risk of transmission manifests many folds. See to it that you use condom before every sexual encounter. The contraceptive pill available can only help you in avoiding conception but never protects from transmitting STD.

If you find some of your symptoms are abnormal, immediately consult the doctor. If you are found positive don’t panic, as most of the sexually transmitted diseases can be cured if diagnosed at an early stage. But it is very essential that you complete the prescribed medication for an STD, don’t leave your treatment in between and the situation can become grave.

Surveys have revealed that many people who are infected and are aware of this fact still continue sex in an unsafe manner, neither do they tell the partner or they use condom, which is really wrong. Even one unsafe sexual encounter can transmit the infection. Practice safe sex and save yourself from getting infected from these diseases.

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