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The onset of vaginal bleeding in a pregnant woman implies the presence of a threatened abortion. Most spontaneous abortions occur within 5 to 12 weeks of conception. Some sources say the figure reaches as a high as 50 per cent of pregnancies, many of these abortions occur so soon in a pregnancy that a woman may never know she is pregnant. The natural abortion may just appear, as a late or an irregular period.
When vaginal bleeding in pregnant woman moves on to be accompanied by regular bouts of crampy pain the abortion is said to become inevitable. The medical response to a threatened abortion is to advise pregnant women to rest and lie down. Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy can relate to a number of other disorders and if bleeding persists or is extensive urgent medical attention is advised.
Some times habitual abortion is caused by incompetence of the cervix. When this condition is diagnosed ensuing pregnancies are incarcerated in the uterus by a linen tie around the cervix known as Shrodker’s Suture. This stitch is promptly removed when the pregnancy goes to full term and a mother goes into spontaneous labour.

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An unfortunate byproduct of the guilt created about masturbation is that the whole genital area can become off-limits. The ‘hands off’ policy flies in the face of good preventive health measures.

I was talking to a colleague recently who is a plastic surgeon specializing in reconstruction of sexual parts. One of his jobs is to reconstruct penises after they have been amputated for treatment of cancer of the glans (knob). He told me how concerned he was that men as a group were so pitifully ignorant of their own sexual parts. ‘Women have gotten used to the idea of going along for a Pap smear. They know to check their breasts regularly, and if they have a problem with their periods they let someone know about it. Nobody tells boys to check themselves out,’ he said. ‘If only they would learn the simple routine of pulling back the foreskin every day, washing away the secretions and checking for any sores, I wouldn’t see nearly as many penises amputated for cancer. A significant number of our young men are dying from testicular cancer when they could be enjoying the prime of their lives. Did you know that this is the most common cause of cancer death in men from fifteen to thirty-five years? If they could just be encouraged to get to know how their ,scrotum feels … check their testicles regularly in the shower … and if they notice one getting bigger than the other, for goodness sake tell their doctor, so that if it does mean testicular cancer, it can be sorted out while it’s still at a curable stage.’

It’s common for people to be strapped into the straitjacket of ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’. That’s not to say we don’t need guidelines or rules for living, but so much distress is caused when your ‘shoulds’ say one thing and your better judgment tells you another.

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What you eat can change the course of endometriosis enough to make a difference in your life.

The effect of diet on the body is no longer just an issue of sustenance for survival. It is also a matter of health, and even longer life, we know, fairly conclusively, that high cholesterol levels affect heart function, high-fat diets may be connected to bowel and breast cancer, and that salt irrevocably influences blood pressure. Each year, there is more evidence of how certain foods and vitamins have the ability to fuel our immune systems, while other nutrients, or nonnutrients such as caffeine, can cause us problems.

Women with endometriosis, especially those who are enduring chronic pain, may not be eating correctly. This could be more from a lack of appetite or lack of energy than from a lack of knowledge as to what is best to eat. This may also be true of women with mild endometriosis. Nutrition affects recovery rates from disease, and the low-fat, low-salt, low-sugar diet and vitamin plan can make a difference.

Before we get to the actual diet plan, you should know why you will be taking minerals, vitamins, and selected nutritional supplements. These dietary changes will most benefit any woman with endometriosis.

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Inflammation of women’s reproductive organs is referred to as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). When the Fallopian tubes are affected, the condition is called salpingitis. Pus produced in the tubes or other organs in response to the inflammation may interfere with their normal function and result in symptoms of abdominal pain, fever and tenderness. Any one of a number of micro-organisms may be responsible for PID and it is thought that these are sexually transmitted. PID tends to occur in women who have had many sexual partners or women whose partners have had many sexual partners.

Prompt treatment of PID with antibiotics can bring rapid relief from discomfort. Recurrent episodes of PID can, however, result in irreversible damage to the Fallopian tubes (causing problems with fertility) and persistent symptoms. Techniques to clear blocked Fallopian tubes and restore them to good health are sometimes successful in restoring fertility and reducing pain. These techniques include hysteroscopic tubal cannulation, falloposcopy and microsurgery. If severe PID is resistant to treatment and the woman concerned has no desire to become pregnant in the future, removal of the uterus, ovaries and Fallopian tubes may be considered.

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