Female Circumcision

Female circumcision is mainly practiced in Africa where young girls between the ages of four and eight are circumcised. This process is done mainly by tradition, it is said that she will not be considered a real woman until her genitalia is removed. For many women the thought of that occuring to them is quite frightning but for these girls it's more of a right of passage. Female genital mutalation is not a safe process because a girl will risk the possibilities of an infection, many times the obejects used are not always sterlized nor is there an adequate specialized person to assist in this procedure. Girls can also over bleed and in some cases even die from a so called tradition. The basic process of a female circumcision is the removal of the clitoris and the quite often the removal of the labia major and labia minora. The beliefes of such culutres are that when the clitoris is removed it as well removes the desire to have sex therefore, it will prevent sex outside a marriage and prevent a family from being dishonored. Regardless of such traditions the lives of many girls are being risked each day by this tradition.

Human Instestinal Roundworm

Just the simple idea of thinking that some sort of worm might be inside you is a little creepy. Well that was the same feeling i felt in my previous biology class that I had last semester when we were discussing roundworms. Ascaris lumbricoides is the human intestinal roundworm that is found the digestive tract. This kind of worm in ingested into your digestive tract by eating the eggs of the female worm which are found in warm soil, unclean water, and unwashed raw fruit and vegetables. Once a person has eaten the eggs they pass through the stomach into the duodenum where they hatch and the larvae burrow themselves into the intestinal tissue lining. The larvae stays in the intestinal tissue until it pushes itself out through the blood vessel wall into the blood stream, which is then carried into the liver, heart, and then ends up in the lungs where it continues to grow. From the lungs the larvae can either be coughed out through the mouth or nose but if it's not it can be swallowed back into the stomach and into the small intestine. The larvae may only survive the acidity of the stomach if it is mature enough, once in the small intestine the larvae continues to expand the females can grow up to 45 centimeters and the males are much smaller then the females. These worms thrive in places where water is contaminated and there are poor hygenical methods among people.

Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation: The Solution or the Problem

For many men and women having a vasectomy for men and a tubal ligation for women is more of a solution to having as much sex as they want without having responsibilities later. Although some people do aspire to have kids and settle down to a beautiful spouse with a nice house with a dog others don't. For those people that are sure that they do not want any kids whatsoever a vasectomy and a tubal ligation is the answer. It's quite simple to explain all a doctor really does is tie the vas deferans that runs from the testicles to the penis to prevent any sperm from leaving the body when ejaculating. For women this process consists of sealing a woman's fallopian tubes preventing the egg and sperm to meet. The process seems quite simple but there could be long term risks such as the increase of prostate cancer for men. For women on the other hand might experience changes in their menstrual cycle and have pelvic pain which they might need to undergo surgery again. Some people might see this as a solution others as a problem considering the risks involved, a person might want to double check the pros and cons.

Teenage Pregnancy

Its quite shocking how the alarming rate of young teenage girls are getting pregnant at their age. I was actually watching the Tyra Banks Show a couple of weeks ago that talked about the same exact thing, twelve to sixteen year old girls pregnant. The most outrageous thing I heard was that these girls actually wanted to get pregnant and how they thought that getting pregnant would strengthen their relationships. Many of them didn't even realize how much responsibility it takes to take care of a child nor did they realize how much money is needed yearly to financially support one. These girls were basically being naive about situations that they know nothing about and their solutions was to stay living with their parents and that they were basically going to support her and their babies. These young girls went so far that they were having unprotected sex to purposely get pregnant. Its seems that this problem is just going to get worse if they don't find an adequate solution to it since abstinence nor contraceptive methods work considering these girls aren't even practicing save sex. The only logical solution is for parents to talk to their children at a young age about abstinence.