Ghanaian women have been cautioned against regular intake of emergency contraceptives or pills to prevent unwanted pregnancies after unprotected sex as its abuse could cause breast cancer, cervical cancer and other deadly female-related diseases.
According to the education, a lady should not take an emergency contractive more than twice in a year.
According to Forson Kenneth, a Physician Assistant working with the Krachie Municipal Hospital, even though the cause of breast cancer is unknown but there are many factors that can increase the risk of developing it.
He said common amongst them are inherited genetics changes in women above 35 years, exposing the breasts to heat and others but the intake of emergency contraceptives have become very rampant among the youth of today and needs to be curtailed.
He made these known when the Health Services Workers’ Union of TUC Ghana held separate breast cancer sensitization and free breasts screening programs with women at the Techiman Central Market and Students of Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Bono East Region as part of activities to mark the “Breast Cancer Awareness or Pink Month – October” under the theme; “No-one should face breast cancer alone”.
For her part, Mrs. Veronica Boatemaa the Women Committee Chairperson for Health Services Workers’ Union of TUC Ghana in charge of Brong/Ahafo regions said early detection is key in preventing breast cancer and therefore advised Ghanaian women to regularly visit health facilities to get their breasts checked with mammogram machines or do self-examinations.
Finally, some students of Krobo Nursing and Midwifery Training College who benefited from the education and free breasts screening exercise expressed their appreciation and shared their experiences with the media.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Nana Kwadwo Adu
