Angela Onwuzoo A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Solomon Avidime, has kicked against women taking supplements without a doctor’s prescription. Avidime warned that supplements could expose women to the risk of abnormal uterine(vaginal) bleeding. Abnormal vaginal bleeding is a bleeding that occurs between periods also called intermenstrual bleeding, spotting, and metrorrhagia with many possible causes.
The gynaecologist in an interview with PUNCH HealthWise, linked the use of certain supplements to abnormal bleeding in women. Avidime said, “Women who are taking supplements are at risk of abnormal bleeding. Some supplements are associated with abnormal bleeding; women should desist from taking them.
“They should only take medication prescribed by a doctor. Women should avoid supplements without being prescribed by doctors. “Self-medication should not be encouraged at all because once the woman is bleeding, the blood level depletes faster and sometimes she can even go into shock.
She can have anaemia, become weak and can faint. So, every abnormal bleeding should be evaluated.” The don emphasised that women that have abnormal bleeding have to be thoroughly evaluated by a doctor to sort out the exact cause of the bleeding because the causes are diverse ranging from causes around the uterus to causes that are outside the uterus.
Avidime explained that though women who are experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding are usually worr.