Disease and Health

Issue: Women's common reproductive health issues

Group: Bakhtawar Farhan, Khadija Shahzad, Aleena
Latif
Grade 10
Women’s reproductive health issues are problems
linked to the woman’s ability to conceive a child. This
is an issue present worldwide and may include
menstrual health, infertility, breast cancer etc.
Personally, this is a very common issue in our eyes.
Talking about menstrual health, I know that many girls
have irregular times of getting their periods, especially
in their early years, sometimes due to lack of calories,
high or low body weight, or hormonal imbalances. This
does become a cause of discomfort in our lifestyles, but
it is seen as a normal thing and majority of the times
we do not go to the doctor to get checked for this.
Irregular periods have caused infertility too. It can
cause PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) which can
also make it difficult to give birth. Another example
related to this issue which I have seen is my, helper
who was married off at an early age and gave birth to 7
children in her 8 years of marriage. Bearing so many
children without medications for her body to heal, has
now made her very weak and in pain. Recently,
International News in UK revealed in its research that
painkillers like Panadol Extra and Paracetamol
negatively affect the growth of reproductive cells in
human body, and can cause difficulties in conceiving
children. Many girls use Panadol Extra to overcome
period cramps including me, so this research changes
my personal habits as well.

Internationally, countries like Greenland have good

healthcare provision and in turn, have low rate of
miscarriages. This means pregnant women have better
health in these countries as compared to countries like
Afghanistan, which have bad healthcare provisions for
its population and a high rate of miscarriages among
women. Ovarian cancer, Uterine Cancer and breast
cancer are common reproductive diseases worldwide.