17. Female Genital Mutilation

Question 1

Female Genital Mutilation:

Answer 1

Procedures involving partial or total removal of or other injury to the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.

Question 2

Types of FGM:

Answer 2

Type I: Clitoridectomy
Type II: Excision
Type III: Infibulation
Type IV: Unclassified

Question 3

Complications of FGM:

Answer 3

• Haemorrhage
• Infection/Abscess, clitoral cysts
• Death
• Urethral injury
• Urinary problems (UTIs and retention)
• Dysmenorrhoea
• Sexual dysfunction: Frigidity, Dyspareunia, Apareunia
• Psychological trauma

Question 4

Define defibulation:

Answer 4

(Surgical opening of the labia), reconstructive surgery of the scar tissue caused when labia are joined by infibulation