Hyderabad, May 20: Indian is the second most populous country with its population increasing day by day.
With cases of sexual assault being reported increasingly it is the silent, violent epidemic effecting millions of girls and women suffer from violence and its consequences because of their sex and their unequal status in society.
Women who have experienced physical, sexual, or psychological violence suffer a range of health problems, often in silence.
Maternal deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are an important cause of mortality for girls aged 15- 19 worldwide, accounting for 70,000 deaths each year.
Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their twenties.
Health of Such Victims: Women who are abused have poorer mental and physical health, more injuries, and a greater need for medical resources.
Abused women often live in fear and suffer from depression, anxiety, and even post-traumatic stress disorder. Women’s reproductive and sexual health clearly is affected by genderbased violence.
These problems include chronic pelvic pain, vaginal bleeding or discharge, vaginal infection, painful menstruation, sexual dysfunction, fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease, painful intercourse, urinary tract infection, and infertility.
Sexual abuse, especially forced sex, can cause physical and mental trauma.
In addition to damage to the urethra, vagina, and anus, abuse can result in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/ AIDS.
Women who disclose that they are infected with HIV also may be subjected to violence.
Some varieties of menstrual dysfunctions occur. The length of menstrual cycle may vary from 21 to 41 days.
Initial menstrual cycles are anovulatory and are relatively longer.
These cycles become regular after 2 to 2.5 years so initial irregular menstrual cycles does not need therapeutic intervention. Amenorrhoea or absence of menstruation.
–Agencies