Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation also known as (FGM) is a global health issues for young women   mainly ranging from infancy to the early stages of adulthood. 
Recently the out going President of Nigeria has banned the mutilation of females genitals.
Nigeria's female genital mutilation ban 

 In my blog I will be covering the Global effects that FGM has, within you will learn about  Who why When and where, when it comes to this topic of females genital mutilation.


The act of female "circumcision," or conventional female genital surgery, aka FGM is at the same time perplexing and disputable. Most think of it as a human rights violation, others see it as an essential piece of societies in which it stayed unchallenged for a considerable length of time. With more than 30,000 Africans entering other parts of the world, in the most recent decade, clinicians are tested with meeting African ladies' well being needs, as they are flooded with a civil argument about the morals and governmental issues of circumcision. 

There are noteworthy restorative sequel and general well being implications of female circumcision; in this way generally  doctors most likely would agree that projects to cancel it ought to proceed. Be that as it may, in spite of the fact that there are many media and political consideration regarding this unstable issue, there is a relative lack of pragmatic, clinical data accessible to suppliers who watch over and treat circumcised ladies and their families. As African people group and supporters think about how to stop this practice, circumcised ladies require clinicians acquainted with these surgeries, who will move past pessimistic sentiments they may have about the practice keeping in mind the end goal is to treat ladies proficiently and with care. It is imperative to recognize regard from unreflective acknowledgment. Nonetheless, cover judgment by well being laborers won't help families choose how to break a long-standing custom by picking not to circumcise their little girls. Unexpectedly, by unwittingly passing judgment toward circumcised ladies and youngsters, suppliers may push these families far from the medicinal services they require. 


FGM has been classified into four types Briefly explain here in this video by UK’s leading FGM consultant Dr Comfort Momoh MBE

Type I: Also known as cli-to-rid-ec-to-my, this type consists of partial or total removal of the clitoris.


Type II: Also known as excision, the clitoris and labia majora are partially or totally removed, with or without excision of the labia majora.

Type III: The most severe form, it is also known as infibulation type. The procedure consists of narrowing the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and the re-positioning of the labia majora, with or without removal of the clitoris. The re-positioning of the wound edges consists of stitching or holding the cut areas together for a certain period of time (for example, girls’ legs are bound together), to create the covering seal. A small opening is left for urine and menstrual blood to escape. An infibulation must be opened either through penetrative sexual intercourse or surgery.

Type IV: This type consists of all other procedures to the genitalia of women for non-medical reasons, such as pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterization.

According to (WHO) female genital mutilation has been assessed from extensive scale, national overviews asking ladies matured 15–49 years chance that they have themselves or their little girls have been cut. Extensive varieties have been found between the nations, with pervasiveness rates more than 80% in eight nations. Besides, the commonness changes among districts inside nations, with ethnicity being the most persuasive component. 

Types of instruments used to perform these inhumane female circumstions

Consequences of FGM include shock, HIV through reusing of instrument, severe pain doing urination, infections to nearby tissues. This  procedure can result in death through severe bleeding leading to neurogenic shock and
Hypovolemic shock ,  as a result of pain and trauma, and overwhelming infection and septicaemia