Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan –“I saw myself as the living dead,” 50-year-old Laila* told UNFPA. She suffered terribly while giving birth in Pakistan 27 years ago. The prolonged, obstructed labour left her with an obstetric fistula – one of the most serious injuries that can occur during childbirth.The fistula – hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum – can cause pain and chronic infections. It also causes incontinence, which often leads to women’s social isolation.
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news