Strict conditions are to be followed in Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) procedures. Mention two reasons.
Strict conditions are to be followed in Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) procedures due to following two reasons
(a) to get rid of unwanted pregnancies.
(b) it is also essential when the foetus is suffering from an incurable disease or when continuation of the pregnancy could be harmful or even fatal to the mother and or foetus.
Males in whom testes fail to descend to the scrotum are generally infertile. Why?
Since, the testes are very sensitive to temperature, if they do not descend into the scrotum prior to adolescence, then they will stop producing sperms that will lead to infertility in males.
Mention two advantages of lactational amenorrhea as a contraceptive method.
The two advantages of lactational amenorrhea as a contraceptive method are mentioned as below
(i) If the mother is breast feeding completely, she would not ovulate, so chances of conception would be low.
(ii) She would not need to use any pill or devices for birth control. So, there will be no side effects.
Suggest some important steps that you would recommend to be taken to improve the reproductive health standards in India.
Following measures are needed to be taken to improve the reproductive health standards in India
(i) Providing infrastructural facilities and professional expertise to attain reproductive health.
(ii) Educating people about birth control methods, care of pregnant mothers, importance of breast feeding, safe and hygienic sexual practices and safeguard against STDs.
(iii) Introduction of sex education in schools to give proper information to the young minds about sex-related aspects.
(iv) Help of audio-visual and print media to create awareness among people about reproduction related aspects.
(v) Awareness of problems due to population explosion, social evils like sex-abuse and sex-related crimes.
(vi) Statutory ban on amniocentesis to legally check female foeticides.
The procedure of GIFT involves the transfer of female gamete to the Fallopian tube. Can gametes be transferred to the uterus to achieve the same result? Explain.
The procedure of GIFT involves the transfer of female gamete to the Fallopian tube. Gametes cannot be transferred to the uterus to achieve the same result because the uterine environment is not congenial for the survival of the gamete.
If directly transferred to the uterus they will undergo degeneration or could be phagocytosed and hence, viable zygote would not be formed.