Another attention seeker on the loose.

No smoke without fire. I am suspecting they are doing their usual rituals before making the official announcement. If so, visitors and non indigenes in Ijebu land should be wary. Shalom

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Most people get embarrassed whenever it comes to this topic. But as intimate as this subject matter is, it must be discussed because many need to brush up on their knowledge on this matter. The truth is few people take their genital health seriously and those who think they know, don’t have their facts right.

For instance, how many women know that it’s wrong to use soap to wash their privates? Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Jaqueline Walters, says the only thing women need to clean their vagina area is clean water.

She says, “Women need to quit putting soap down there and don’t douche. The vagina is a self-cleaning oven. The vagina has its own pH level, so it’s supposed to be acidic and the level should be no less than 4.5.
“When we start adding all of the antibacterial soap what happens is you kill off the bacteria that are supposed to be there that create the eco-system for the vagina and control the acidity.

“When you destroy the normal pH of the vagina then you now have vaginal dryness and you’ve allowed yeast and bacterial vaginosis to overgrow, which of course creates discomfort and in a lot of cases odour.”

This is serious business ladies, your genital health is no joke.

Doctors note that though it is not every smell or discharge from the area that is abnormal, it is also perfectly natural to have a slight sweet smell that is non-offensive. But a strong and foul odour is a strong indication of an infection.

Chief Gyneacologist at the Mayo Clinic, New York, Dr. Anthony Parks, says apart from sexually transmitted infections, a smelly crotch could result from poor personal or genital hygiene.

He says,“The genital area is moist and warm. Bacteria can grow easily there. Excretions from the vagina, perspiration and urine can build up thereby making it even easier for the bacteria to grow if we do not care for them the way we should.”

Parks states that it is important to regularly wash the anus and the vagina, but warns that failure to do so could put one at greater risk of contracting a vaginal or urinary tract infection.

Here are some common vaginal and urinary tract infections that can occur as a result of poor hygiene.

Trichomoniasis

Trichomoniasis, also referred to as trich or TV, is an infection caused by a protozoan called Trichomonas vaginalis. The symptoms include a discharge that is foul-smelling, frothy, and greenish-yellow. It causes severe itching, painful and frequent urination, and, sometimes, pain in the lower abdomen.

Yeast infection

A yeast infection, or candidiasis, occurs when the yeast fungus called Candida albicans, which is normally found in the vagina and anus, grows above normal levels. The result is a thick, white, cottage cheese-like discharge with itching, redness, and burning.
Gardnerella

Gardnerella is another bacterium that is normally found in the vagina. An infection occurs when the amount of gardnerella bacteria increases, causing symptoms such as a gray or yellow, fishy-smelling, creamy discharge and mild itching and burning. The smell may actually become worse after washing since soap reduces acidity and bacteria grow better in a less acidic environment.

Urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections can occur when bacteria from the anus or vagina make their way into the urethra and bladder. Urinating helps to flush some of the bacteria from the urinary tract, but sometimes the bacteria left behind can cause an infection. Sexual intercourse, wiping from back to front, or irritants used in a bath (such as bubble bath or bath salts) are common causes of UTIs. The symptoms include painful and frequent urination, burning on urination, blood in the urine, and a fever.

Just like any part of the body, keeping a healthy vagina means taking care of surface areas, avoiding chemicals and listening to your body when something feels out of place.

Parks recommends that the vulva and vagina should be cleaned with a bland bar soap once a day and advises that women should stay away from liquid body washes because they often irritate the vulva area and can lead to burning or itching.

He adds that it is better not to wash the vagina with a soap-based substance every time as too much cleaning can also cause irritation.

The gynaecologist states that besides washing the external genital area, it is important to wipe it with toilet paper after urinating or having a bowel movement.

According to him, solid body waste expelled by the anus contains bacteria that can cause vaginal and urinary tract infections if it is not cleaned off properly and hands should be washed after going to the bathroom.

Therefore, the proper wiping method is from the front to back to ensure that bacteria from the anal area do not make their way to the vaginal and urethral area.

Douches and feminine hygiene sprays are products that work to mask or limit odor or wetness,but doctors argue that these feminine products are unnecessary (unless used for medical reasons) and can cause more harm than good.

According to Parks, douches and feminine sprays can change the natural acidic balance of the vagina, which can cause bacteria to grow and put a woman at risk for infection.

Finally, a major part of good hygiene is being aware of what to wear and making sure that anything that touches the vaginal area is clean.

“A girl should wear cotton underwear or the ones with a cotton crotch, at least. Underwear should be changed daily and after it becomes soiled or wet. Tight or nylon underwear, tight pants, or pantyhose cause greater perspiration, which can allow bacteria to grow.

“Towels should not be shared because they can pass along bacteria. Toilet seats are also breeding grounds for bacteria. It is wise to cover public toilet seats with toilet paper before sitting down. Taking these precautions can help lower the risk of infection and keep the genitals healthy,” he states.

Bear in mind that no fragrance, however potent, can overpower an offensive odour from the genital area.
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The death, last Friday, of Cuba’s statesman and ruler for over five decades, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, closed the curtain on the life and times of one of the most significant leaders of the 20th Century. Reading the harshly dismissive obituaries in much of the western media, one can be forgiven for supposing that the Cold War has suddenly resurrected. A Sampler: Fidel Castro’s Terrible Legacy (Washington Post); Fidel Castro’s Dark Legacy: Abuses and Draconian Rule and Ruthless Suppression (The Guardian, London); and George Will, influential columnist of The Post wrote about “Fidel Castro and Dead Utopianism”.

These commentaries, which focused obsessively on the excesses and human suffering of despotic rule are not wrong, only that they do not tell the whole truth about the extraordinary advent of a seminal nation-builder and liberation icon who placed a country of about 11 million people on the world map. Examples of these later involvements include Cuba’s medical internationalism, most recently displayed during the 2014 Ebola crisis which saw the country send over 200 health workers to West Africa, at a time when many Western countries were eager to protect their borders from contagion. Along the same lines were Castro’s heroic assistance to Africa with reference to the anti-apartheid struggle and in such war theatres as Angola, Mozambique and Namibia, where Cuban soldiers accelerated the liberation of Africa from colonial rule.

Nelson Mandela never failed to pay fulsome tribute to Castro and reportedly went on record once as saying that the success of Cuban soldiers in Angola served as a great morale booster for him, to the extent that it illustrated by symbolism that non-white soldiers could one day overcome their racial oppressors. Mandela held nothing but scorn for those who emphasised the negative and dark aspects of Castro’s rule while underplaying the positive, game-changing aspects. In the course of a visit to Havana in the early 1990s, Mandela was quoted to have said: “We are being advised about Cuba by people who supported the apartheid regime these last 40 years. No honourable man or woman could accept advice from people who never cared for us at the most difficult times”. In other words, a balanced assessment of Castro, sadly missing in several recent obituaries, must place side by side the regrettable and drastic debits of repressive rule with the solid achievements on the global front, especially as they relate to the struggle against apartheid and colonial rule.

In doing this, we do not minimise the terrors to which Cubans several of who fled the country were subjected to, as a result of Castro’s totalitarian rule. You cannot read ArmandoValladare’s prison memoirs without coming away with the depths of deprivation and degradation to which opponents of the regime were reduced. But even that must be put in the context of Latin America’s record of brutalities by both left-wing and right-wing dictators, as well as the sense of siege created by consistent United States’ opposition and sanctions. Taking into account that Castro reportedly survived 638 assassination attempts between 1958 and 2000.



We must reckon too that Castro’s communist regime emerged in defiance of the Monroe Doctrine, under which the western hemisphere was considered America’s natural sphere of influence. This meant that Castro’s rebellion could not be tolerated by the US and as known, the resulting collision of wills brought the world to the very edge of nuclear conflagration in the 1960s. The argument here is that the human rights abuses and dark repression of the regime should be contextualised within the exigencies and paranoia of an illiberal society whose leaders operated constantly in the shadow of death.

These of course do not justify them, and it is interesting that when socialism emerged in Latin America through free elections, Castro’s government became an anachronism, in an age where democratisation and respect for human rights have become normative. Although the pink tide of socialist democracies in Latin America has ebbed, socialism remains very much on the agenda in a region where harsh inequality and the desperate poverty of the majority remain notable features. It is for this reason that Castro’s legacy in the area of economic and social rights will remain relevant for a long time to come. For example, his achievements in the important areas of health care, education and infrastructure are indelible. Some of these include, mass literacy and free education under a work study arrangement where half of the time was spent in factories and the other half in the classroom. This ambitious social programme also included the establishment of rural health centres, polyclinics, and universal vaccination under a free health policy which dramatically reduced infant mortality and noticeably increased life expectancy.

Related to this, is an expansive and extensive project of infrastructure revolution which included road expansion on a massive scale, drastic reduction of homelessness through social housing as well as the opening of special centres for the aged and the physically challenged. This imaginative social scheme, focused on elevating the lifestyle of the majority as well as additional emphasis on the sustainable deployment of natural resources, is at the core of Castro’s legacy. As an instance, a decade or so ago, Cuba was the only country in the world which satisfied the United Nations Development Programme’s benchmarks on sustainable development. Excitingly, the country has one of the best human development indices because of its social policies based on income levelling and drastic reduction of poverty. Of course, the vicissitudes of the Cuban revolution are well-known, considering that the economy fell on hard times to the point where it had to be sustained by Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chavez who was notably close to Castro.

Important, also, is Castro’s role as a campaigner and facilitator of Caribbean integration and by implication African integration. Through several decades, Castro was an active voice in the Non-aligned Movement of the 1970s and subsequently Cuba, along with Venezuela initiated what has been called the Bolivarian Alternatives for The Americas. That alternative which for now has fallen on hard times, centred on opposition of member countries to neo-liberal policies such as privatisation, the redistribution of wealth in order to close the social gap as well as the protection of the agricultural sector.

Considering Castro’s epic achievements on both the domestic and international fronts, no one would suspect that Cuba is an island of less than 12 million people, bereft of the abundant natural resources that you find in a country like Nigeria. Clearly then, in evaluating Fidel Castro, who stepped down and retired from office principally due to ill-health in 2006, we are dealing with one of the greatest men of history who in several respects can be seen, his brutal excesses notwithstanding, as a significant achiever in key areas of governance.

It is possible to jettison the bath water of his brutal and repressive methods, without throwing away the baby of his innovative and ambitious social projects as well as his enduring role as a liberation icon. The challenge as we contemplate Castro’s place in history, is to preserve that which is edifying about him and to avoid his deplorable aspects, rather than one-sidedly consigning him to the place of visionless evil leaders.
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