BAJURA, FEBRUARY 25
It has been three years since Belu Edi, 45, of Badimalika Municipality-8 started suffering from pain in her lower abdomen. For two years, she didn't tell anyone about her condition, but she had to tell her family, as her condition went from bad to worse.
Her family then took her to the district hospital and then to Achham's Bayalpata Hospital as she couldn't be treated in Bajura.
After she couldn't be treated in Achham's hospital either, Belu was then taken to the capital city. Doctors in Kathmandu have said that there is no other way to relieve Belu of her painful condition other than taking out her uterus altogether. Doctors have described Belu's disease as in its final stage and have said she requires to undergo two operations.
While on the one hand she was too shy to reveal about her disease, it was also the poor financial status of her family that persuaded her to come out and seek treatment. An NGO, Medical Rehabilitation Organisation, is now helping her family for her treatment.
Fifty-eight-year-old Suntala Rokaya of Himali Rural Municipality-3 too had to live with her uterus problem for three long years. As her condition became unbearable for her, she finally shared her problem with her family members and got treated.
In case of Jalu Saud, 38, of Badimalika, it's been 21 years since she first suffered from some uterus-related problem. She suffered from this problem at first when she was 14 and delivered her first baby. Since then, she gave birth to three other babies, but she didn't tell anyone about her problem.
She finally broke her silence and told her husband about her disease and thus she got treated of her health problem that she lived with for over two decades.
There are, but, just some examples only. According to District Health Office, Bajura, chief Dayakrishna Panta, there are still many women in the rural areas suffering from different uterus-related problems.
According to doctors; child marriage, hard work during the perinatal phase, the tendency of delivering multiple children are the causes of uterus prolapse and other uterus-related diseases and conditions.
A version of this article appears in the print on February 26, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
