Angela Onwuzoo Citing various complications associated with poorly managed miscarriages, maternal health experts have warned women to avoid visiting untrained and unskilled health practitioners for treatment whenever they experience the condition. The gynaecologists stressed the need for pregnant women who had a miscarriage to visit health facilities with maternal health specialists for appropriate treatment. Miscarriage, the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks, is a common event that occurs in an estimated 15 per cent of all pregnancies, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
They noted that visiting a gynaecologist for the management of a miscarriage was crucial to ensuring proper treatment and evacuation of the foetus as well as to prevent the risk of complications and infections, which could lead to secondary infertility or even death. The experts warned that poorly managed miscarriage has been identified as one of the causes of infertility in women. According to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018, the country still records a maternal mortality ratio of 512 per 100,000 live births, which is a far cry from achieving the Sustainable Development Goal target of less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Healthwise, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Dr. Kamil Shoretire, said stated that miscarriage can profoundly aff.
