Legon male students advised towards dangerous withdrawal method of intercourse

The medical officer at the Legon Hospital, Dr . Gifty Odame has advised male learners at the University of Ghana to desist from coitus interruptus (sexual intercourse where the penis is withdrawn prior to ejaculation)According to her, it is not completely trusted and cannot furthermore prevent them from already been infected with an STD. Doctor Gifty Odame made this particular known when she talked on Accra-based Radio Galaxy. She said “It will not prevent STI, it does not avoid pregnancy. Before ejaculation, the particular semen and sperms arrives and that is pre-ejaculation. Sometimes, there exists a tiny bit of sperm within the pre-ejaculation. So before you state, you are ready to pullout, the particular semen of pre-ejaculation has come out. Note that it is not fully effective against pregnancy”. The physician noted that the rate where young female students are utilizing emergency contraceptives is worrying and called on them in order to rather talk to Doctors meant for favourable family planning strategies since the emergency contraceptives can bring about some health problems. “It is alarming the speed at which students are using the particular emergency contraceptive. It accumulates; with time it disrupts your own menstrual cycle. Even when you get pregnant you may not know. That’s how we obtain a lot of ectopic pregnancies. We all get a lot of people arriving saying, I am bleeding. A person come to the hospital and grumble that you have been bleeding two times in a month, the first query we ask is ‘have you used emergency birth control method? ’ Because it is hormonal, it will disrupt your cycle. That is why it’s called crisis contraceptives. In a year don’t utilize it more than four times, ” she counseled. Source: MyNewsGh. com/ 2021
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