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This 3 page paper discusses the medical condition known as "obstetric fistula" briefly. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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women sustain in childbirth. It occurs when the labor is prolonged and obstructed (What is fistula?, 2004). If labor continues for days without proper medical intervention, "blood supply
to the tissues of the vagina and the bladder (and/or rectum) is cut off" (What is fistula?, 2004). Without the necessary blood supply, the tissues die and a hole
forms "through which urine and/or feces pass uncontrollably" (What is fistula?, 2004). The woman literally has no control over urine or feces, which leak constantly and uncontrollably (What is
fistula?, 2004). Estimates of the number of sufferers differ, largely because of the shame involved with the condition, but it is estimated that there are "100,000 new fistula
cases each year"; however, the "international capacity to treat fistula remains at only 6,500 per year" (What is fistula?, 2004). The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) "estimates the worlds
population of fistula sufferers at more than two million (What is fistula?, 2004). The condition causes both nerve damage and psychological trauma (What is fistula?, 2004). Women in developing
countries give birth in a squatting position, and holding that position for several days labor may result in the "fistula victim [developing] nerve damage to the lower extremities" (What is
fistula?, 2004). The psychological damage may be even more devastating, because women with this condition are often shunned, abandoned and left to fend for themselves (What is fistula, 2004).
Their sexual lives are over because their partners frequently react with disgust; they are unable to work and tend to become isolated, often surviving on charity (What is fistula?,
2004). Obstetric fistula is a thing of the past in the West because of modern obstetrical practices, in particular, the availability of the Caesarian section in cases
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