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A friend once asked me: “What is the secret behind your happy married life?”
I replied: “You should share responsibilities with due love and respect to each other. Then absolutely there will be no problems”
She asked: “Can you explain?”
I said: “In my house, I take decisions on bigger issues whereas my wife decides on smaller issues. We do not interfere in each other’s decisions.” Still not convinced, she asked me to give me some examples.
I said: “Smaller issues like how many kids to have, the neighborhood to live, what clothes I should wear, which car we should buy, how much money to save, who, when and where to visit, which sofa, cooker, refrigerator to buy, monthly expenses, whether to keep a maid or not, where to go for holidays, whose mum we should visit, etc; are decided by my wife. I just agree to all of them”.
She then asked: “So then what is your role?”
I replied: “My decisions are only for very big issues, like whether America should attack Iran, the uranium enrichment in North Korea, whether Britain should lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, how to fully exploit Africa’s economic and intellectual potential, whether Museveni, Kagame and Barack Obama should retire, whether Liverpool FC needs to buy new players or change their coach to improve their play, whether Usain Bolt should retire now-while still at his prime, etc. My wife never objects to any of these decisions and we live happily!”
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ccccRead about how dirty Unhyginic the Kikuyu womenVaginal discharge may not be a popular topic of conversation. However, it serves an important housekeeping function in the female reproductive system. Fluid made by glands inside the vagina and cervix carries away dead cells and bacteria. This keeps the vagina clean and helps prevent infection.
Most of the time, vaginal discharge is perfectly normal. The amount can vary from one woman to another. The normal colour ranges from clear to milky whitish, depending on the time in your menstrual cycle. You may also notice slight changes in the amount and odour of the discharge. For example, there discharge will increase during ovulation, breastfeeding or when sexually aroused.
The smell may also be different if you are pregnant or haven’t been diligent about your personal hygiene. None of these changes should cause alarm. However, if the colour, smell or consistency seems significantly unusual, especially if there is an itching or burning in the vagina, it is a sign of an infection or other condition.
Causes
Any change in the balance of normal bacteria in the vagina can affect the smell, colour or texture of the discharge.
Some of the things that can upset this balance include antibiotic or steroid use, bacterial vaginosis (common in pregnant women or women who have multiple sexual partners), birth control pills, cervical cancer, chlamydia or gonorrhea, which are sexually transmitted infections.
Others include diabetes, douches, scented soaps or lotions, bubble bath, pelvic infection after surgery, pelvic inflammatory disease trichomoniasis — a parasitic infection typically caused by having unprotected sex, vaginal atrophy which is thinning and drying out of the vaginal walls during menopause and vaginitis, an irritation in or around the vagina yeast infections.
Types of abnormal discharge and their possible causes
• Bloody or brown: Irregular menstrual cycles or although less often, cervical or endometrial cancer.
• Cloudy or yellow: Gonorrhea.
• Frothy, yellow or greenish with a foul smell: Trichomoniasis, which is symptomised by pink shedding of the uterine lining after childbirth
• Thick, white, cheesy: Yeast infection
• White, gray, or yellow with fishy odour: Bacterial vaginosis
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