An NGO known as The Target States High Impact Project,(TSHIP), a USAID funded project has disclosed that Eclampsia a condition that causes severe bleeding in women during child birth is a factor responsible for eighty percent of maternal deaths in the country.
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The TSHIP Deputy Chief of Party(DCOP) Maternal, Dr. Habib Sadauki made the disclosure Wednesday during a one day orientation organised by TSHIP and Northern Education Initiative,(NEI) for RATTAWU women committee on maternal newborn and child health/girl child education in Bauchi.
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He said Eclampsia is one of the major killer of fifty percent of women in child birth and can be prevented if it is treated on time.
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According to him," Eclampsia is a condition that can be addressed if detected on time. Some of the ways in which the disease can be detected are findings in the urine and measurement of blood pressure during pregnancy.
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When a pregnant women is infected with Eclampsia, she suffers from chest pain, convulsion, seizures and sees unseen images during pregnancy.
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In such a state, all the multiorgans of the body such as the brain, lungs, liver and chest all brought under attack, but when the case is detected early enough, the pregnant woman is administered an injection called Magnesium Sulphate to make her regain consciousness during labour".
80 percent is just too much I must say. The causes of death in Nigeria is just too much in this country. It is really disastrous