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Background: Postpartum maternal morbidity is defined by WHO as morbidity that occurs in the first 6 weeks after delivery.WHO defines maternal death as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.The leading cause of maternal mortality is postpartum hemorrhage .There are incidences of postpartum psychosis in many females which include postpartum blues, postnatal depression and postpartum psychosis The aim of this study was to find out self reported common health problems during the postpartum period in the women of rural areas of Aligarh. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during Dec in 2017, in the rural areas of Jawan, Aligarh. The study subjects were married women aged between 15 to 45 years, who were present in the postpartum period, those who refused to provide consent, were excluded. Results: The results reported that 82% of females under study had problem of backache.Only 20% had breast problem. 92% of them gave complaint of either pain in lower abdomen.22% were suffering from white discharge per vaginum.There were psychological problems also present in the females under study. Most probable reason for these psychological problems were that some of the females were primigravida .So they had no experience of motherhood. Conclusion: The factors responsible for postpartum morbidity should be detected.Antenatal education programme needs to be implemented on a large scale.
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The complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge is very common.An excessive degree of vaginal secretion is not necessarily pathologically infected, but could be hormonal. The aim of this study was to find out the perception and knowledge of vaginal discharge among married females of reproductive age group. Though many studies have been done to estimate the prevalence and the various causes of vaginal discharge, not much data is available regarding what women know about vaginal discharge, their attitudes, health care seeking behaviour and the various correlates regarding the same in rural setting. With this background, we conducted this study in our rural field practice areas in Aligarh. A total of 100 married females (15–45 years age group) were taken, who were presenting with complaint of vaginal discharge.The results showed that 100% of women reported the cause of vaginal discharge to be weakness and heat. 87% of women said the cause was due to backache, 93% of women reported the cause to be melting of bones. The effects of vaginal discharge as reported by majority of women were weakness(100%),backache(100%),pain in lower abdomen(37%), bodyache(81%),pallor(75%),etc. Also few women consulted doctors for treatment.36% of them took no treatment. Primary health care providers can play a major role in health education for women in reproductive age group and educate them on when to seek medical advice. This can be integrated to reproductive health care programmes such as family planning, maternal and child health services which will lead to early detection of vaginal discharge.