MEDICAL TESTS BEFORE MARRIAGE
MEDICAL TESTS BEFORE MARRIAGE OLUBUKAYO BUKOLA OYENIYI When planning for marriage, you should not only be thinking of the last minute details like flowers and setting arrangements, wedding gown and suit, souvenirs and the likes, not only the D-day but after the wedding and your health. To tackle the issue of medical tests save you a lot of grief in future, and a pre-wedding test is necessary to stay aware of one’s health status. Health status test often don’t sit well with the romance of marriage, asked whether they would do a pre-wedding test, some respond answers like “No… is not necessary…”. But the tests refers to health, and the consequences of not knowing before marriage will bring a not-so-lovely future for your children and society. Among Nigerian couples, the most common test is probably genotype, with particularly bias for sickle cell disorder. Genotyping for conditions as sickle cell is one discerning couples would want to take says Dr. Esther Eavuladu of...