Women

CDV: The Challenge Of Birth Control

Published

9 years ago

November 14, 2014

Birth control, in
today’s marriages has come to stay especially as couples take out tier time to monitor and meet u p with the ever-challenging economic situation of the times. The health sector world over and indeed the Nigerian government both at the federal and state levels including female non-governmental organisation (NGOs) have also put in their best in senistising and creating awareness among women and men alike on the need to check the number of children to be born into the family in so much that even trado-mode men have got no option but to come to terms with it.
So far, the gesture has been a welcome development particularly among the young and enlightened couples of the day and the methods of this birth control have been maximally utilized by mothers and women in general.
But one of the fall-outs of the 2014 medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) week Rivers State Chapter Penultimate Monday left most women confused and worried of how to continue with birth control with the oral contraceptive pills (OCP) as a major source of risk of cardiovascular (CDV) disease in women.
Consultant cardiologist, Dr. Sandra Ofori while delivering a lecture on the sub theme of this year’s Milan week “women cardiovascular Health”, revealed that the oral contraceptive pills, pills taken by women to check their intake of pregnancy, was responsible for 36 per cent of deaths in women adding that 63 per cent of women die annually from cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular disease, the name given to several problems of the heart and blood vessels which can stop the heart beat and lead to death includes stroke, heart attack, hypertension and other disorders of the heart or blood vessel was revealed to be a leading health problem and women is susceptible to these challenges because of her nature.
Ofori said “the woman unlike her male counterpart alone can get pregnant, give birth, breast feed, look do the nanny and house chores sometimes all at the same time. This situation alone can pose a serious health challenge even of the cardiovascular but then, an attempt to check these huddles even of child bearing is another risk itself.
Ofori who is also a member of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria in the state also indentified smoking among the women folk as another risk factor of cardiovascular disease saying “on a general note, 94 per cent of CVD is smoking. However, 50 per cent of heart attacks among women is due largely to smoking and so women smokers apart from the oral contraceptive pills are susceptible to developing CVD.
Against the glamour that cancer is the common health challenge of women, Ofori said ‘breast cancer kills only about four per cent of women. Heart disease, stroke and hypertension are the number one that kills and cardiovascular is the number three killer of women.
The consultant cardiologist stated that the clinical presentation of CVD include nausea/vomiting abdominal pain, jawpain, back pain and diabetes. Describing these symptoms as distracters, Ofori said the CVD was most times misdiagnosed because of the symptoms are almost a general symptom of most common ill health.
Because of the generating of the CVD symptoms, there is a misconception by both women and health officers in so much that they always mistake it for other minor health issues thereby resulting to a leading cause of deaths among woman especially.
Sequel to the good intension of the oral contraceptive pills yet constituting a threat to the woman’s health, Ofori said however that there are still some hopes. “The good news is that cardiovascular disease mostly does not develop until after menopause which is about 50-55 years in women and for the men, it develops after 40-45 years. The women have 10 years advantage over their men counterparts. It therefore calls for more carefulness especially on the parts of mothers and women in order to check this silent deadly disease,” she said.

Women

The Wise Woman

Published

13 hours ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

The wise woman builds her home. Mothers are supposed to live exemplary lives. The roles of mothers in the building of the modern Christian home cannot be overemphasized.
The function of the mother is to help the man build the home. She is a helper. A helper to the husband when the man is not doing well. It is important for the wise woman to assist when the man is not able to meet up with the items needed in the home.
A wise woman needs to reference God first and then the husband. Also the wise woman should respect her husband.
Caring for her own children as well as others is very crucial.
Do not despise children from other mothers. Discipline the child who is going the wrong way.
Ensure family bonding, show love and don’t discriminate. Connection with children is very important, especially the females. Find out who is her friend. Also find out the kind of lives they live. Caution, counsel and guide so that they make good partners.
Teaching children the dos and donts should start from birth. Inculcate the word of God in them so that when they grow, will not depart from it.
From the Scripture, some women influenced their families positively. Virgin Mary influenced the world, she never destroyed herself hence she gave birth to Jesus Christ.
Elizabeth, despite her age, God blessed her as she waited patiently.
A wise should curb favouritism in the family and love children equally. Whether a child is your biological child or not, it is necessary to show love equally. Reprimanding the children should be the function of both man and wife.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

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13 hours ago

April 26, 2024

The Tide

Marriage is beautiful when there is love. Before and after marriage, couples show love to themselves. But you discover that after some years, that same love turn to be something else. A lot of people start going through emotional trauma in the hands of their loved spouses.
There are many things the woman desires to keep the love on as far as marriage is concerned.
Women are blesssed with feminine abilities that can be used for good in husbands lives. With your abilities, you can create a marriage that will last till couples get old.
A woman needs
man that is honest, trustworthy, nice, loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, if there is no reasonable finance, it is always difficult to manage the home.
Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3: “Your desire shall be unto you…….. “
What this means is that whatever the woman desires in life shall be provided as far as she performs her role in her home. There are many things the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy, at least helping to do one or two things when he is at home.
A man that is educated and intelligent so that they will transfer such traits to their children.
Knowing that there are traits that her husband has, traits of taking care of people, giving freely to people and caring for her family. She expects him to exhibit them.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family, remembering his family even as he is away from home.
No matter where he finds himself, he is not destracted by external influence. He returns home to his loved ones.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.
According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that a woman builds her home. As far as he rreturns home, you accept him as your own.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit. Don’t be a monitoring spirit. Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband. The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.
You can show some form of jealousy, but to an extent. Cooperation, respect and being honoured from time to time is what the woman desires.
The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man. A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.

Women

The Desire Of Every Woman In Marriage

Published

3 weeks ago

April 5, 2024

The Tide

A woman needs a man that is honest, trustworthy, nice, loving and financially stable.
There are no two ways about finance in marriage. No matter the level of love, If there is no money, it is always difficult.

Referring to the Biblical belief in Genesis 3:Your desire shall be unto you……..
That is one aspect the woman expects her husband to take care of.
A woman wants a husband that is not lazy, at least helping to do one or two things. A man that is educated and intelligent.
She knows that there is a trait that her husband has. Traits of taking care of people, giving freely to people and caring for her family.
A woman wants to love a husband that has family interest at heart. A man that spends time with his family, remembering his family even as he is away from home.
A woman should not antagonise her husband because of one error or the other. No matter the level of offence he may have committed, you still show some love.

According to the Scripture, it is with wisdom that the women builds her home.
It is not as if the woman will not monitor her husband, but to certain limit. Don’t be a monitoring spirit. Don’t allow anything to take your joy.
Don’t loose trust in your husband.
The idea of checking your husband’s phone should be discouraged. The more you check your husband and his phone, the more you loose your joy.

The home should not be a battle ground for a woman and man. A woman should be able to ask herself if the check on her husband will pay her any good.
Draw a line to a point where you checkmate your husband’s activities.
A woman wants a man that will love her and telling her you love her will be all she desires.