MENOPAUSE IS NOT WITCHCRAFT

A renowned Gynecologist, Dr. Clarence Addo-Yobo has cautioned women to desist from the habit of blaming witches and other spiritual forces for changes in their body as they advance in age. These changes are natural and a normal occurrence in growing women.

He disclosed that these symptoms of are a clear manifestation of menopause and has nothing to do with the witches underpinning they are blamed on. He expressed his frustration with the worrying tendency of women attempting to use spiritual therapies in treating these symptoms of menopause. Dr. Addo-Yobo made these observations as he was speaking at the health segment of the ninth edition of the Akuapem Education Day Celebration of the Akuapem Community Foundation held at Obosomase Presby Church. He further revealed that some of the symptoms of menopause in women aside the seizure of the monthly blood flow known commonly as menstruation. These symptoms include among others rashes, heavy sweating at night, and some bodily discomforts. “They are not demonic or the work of witches”, he cautioned. Speaking to the issue of teenage pregnancy, Dr. Addo-Yobo charged parents to fulfill their godly responsibility on their children by feeding, clothing, sheltering and educating their children. He revealed that most cases of teenage pregnancies in our communities are as a result of unbearable hardships faced by the children. The hardships faced by these children make them prone to the deception of men who give them small amounts of money for sexual favours from these children. He stressed that the children who turn mothers are immature with human systems that are not fully developed. This therefore affects the children they bear at that age as most of these children are not always very clever. He challenged the queenmothers to take up this duty of educating the female children on the need to abstain from sex at the tender ages to avoid teenage pregnancies. Queen mothers are seen as the mothers of the society and should therefore use their privileged positions to help arrest this worrying trend. In another health related development at the event, Dr. Mahmoud of the Focus Orthopedic Hospital sensitized the gathering on the condition known as “low back pain”. He revealed that low back pain is the medical term of the condition generally known as waist pain. This is mostly caused by bad sitting positions and indulging in activities involving heavy lifting. He gave a demonstration on good sitting positions, stressing on upright sitting and avoiding hanging feet. The medical officers present screened over hundred people for various illnesses and counseled them on good eating habits.