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Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision [a]) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons. FGM prevalence varies worldwide, but is majorly present in some countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East, and within their ...
Signs and symptoms include: abdominal pain, bleeding, bruising, faintness, vaginal discharge, embedded object in the vagina, genital pain, swelling, vomiting, painful urination, inability to urinate, presence of a wound, report of sexual abuse, and blood in the urine. [7] A hematoma can form after vaginal trauma. Imaging can identify the ...
The term genital enhancement seem to be generally used for genital modifications that modify the external aspect, the way the patient wants it. [1] The term genital mutilation is used for genital modifications that drastically diminish the recipient's quality of life and result in adverse health outcomes, whether physical or mental. [1]
As we mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, the inhumane practice still happens in 92 countries.
Female genital mutilation affects thousands of women in the UK yet it remains shrouded in mystery and a taboo topic of conversation.
World prevalence rates of FGM according to the 2020 Global Response report. Grey countries' data are not covered. The current prevalence of FGM in the US is uncertain. In early 2014, Equality Now campaigned with survivor and activist Jaha Dukureh, Representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and The Guardian to petition the Obama Administration to conduct a new ...
Clitoridectomies are the most common form of female genital mutilation. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that clitoridectomies have been performed on 200 million girls and women that are currently alive. The regions that most clitoridectomies take place are Asia, the Middle East and west, north and east Africa.
Signs and symptoms. Hematometra typically presents as cyclic, ... It can also develop after female genital mutilation. Diagnosis