- R. SRINIVASAN1, 2. R. NIJHAWAN1, 3. A. DAS2, 4. R. WALKER1
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2303.1993.tb00114.x/abstract
Article first published online: 31 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1993.tb00114.x
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Fibroids are benign, not malignant, tumours of the womb or uterus. They vary greatly in number, size and location in the uterus. They are common between the ages 30 – 40 years and have a tendency to grow. Their most common symptom is heavy bleeding during menstruation. A period is defined as ‘heavy’ if it lasts more than 6 days or there are clots or more than 10 sanitary pads are used in one cycle or night time soiling or day time embarrassment or avoiding social life because of too much bleeding during period. This may cause anaemia or low haemoglobin. Sometimes there may be spotting with blood in between two periods known as inter-menstrual bleeding. Fibroids can also cause pain or cramps in low abdomen or back or pain during intercourse. There may be a sensation of weight or complaints due to pressure of the fibroid on the urinary bladder which causes frequent urination, or
So what is your dream weight? Size zero? Or would you like a big bosom and huge buttocks like the old time film stars. Fashions are a dictate of the society that you live in. Beauty is a creation of the human mind. But did you know that that both ‘thin’ and ‘fat’ impair fertility? Let’s look at it a little scientifically.
We all know that an egg is released around the 12th to 14th day of the menstrual cycle. The time from the egg release or ovulation to the next oncoming period is relatively fixed at 14 days. If ovulation is delayed by, say, one week, the next period will also be delayed by a week. And what if ovulation does not occur at all – then the next period will be delayed and irregular. Both, the delay and absence of ovulation impair fertility. The factors that could cause this are – excessive weight, too thin, excessive eating, excessive starvation, excessive exercise, too sedentary – are you getting it? It is the extreme of anything and you could land up as infertile.
Q1. What exactly is laparoscopy?
Laparoscopy is an alternative to ‘Open’ surgery wherein the abdomen is opened by tiny ‘key hole’ incisions and surgery is done. ‘Scopy’ means the use of an endoscope or telescope to see inside the abdomen. This is attached to a camera and a light source and the inside of the abdomen is projected on to a monitor. The surgeon performs surgery looking at this screen. The surgeon makes a total of 2-4 small cuts on the abdomen ranging from half to 1 cm through which the telescope and other thin surgical instruments are passed into the abdomen. When the uterus is removed , known as hysterectomy, there is also a cut at the top of the vagina where the uterus is attached.
Q1. What is Hysteroscopy?
Examination of a woman’s internal organs can be very useful for diagnosis and treatment of various problems. Directly seeing the outer aspect of the internal organs is done via laparoscopy which inserts a small telescope through a small one centimetre incision in the abdomen and few half centimetre incisions for the operating instruments. However, if we want to see the inside of the uterus, we need to insert a long, lighted telescope, the size of a straw, from below, the vagina, into your uterus. This is a natural passage through which the telescope enters the uterus. A camera is screwed over the outer end of the telescope and a beautiful, magnified view of the inside of the uterus is projected on a monitor. The telescope is covered by a sheath through the side of which can be passed thin operating scissors, forceps and cautery instruments. This procedure is called Hysteroscopy (hystero means uterus and scopy refers to telescopy). No cut is made on the body, either the abdomen or the vagina for Hysteroscopy.
Q1. What are fibroids?
Fibroids are tumours of the uterus which are benign, not malignant. You can think of them as knots in the muscles of the uterus. They are very common but do not always require treatment unless they cause symptoms. Symptoms due to fibroids could be heavy bleeding during periods, pain low abdomen, pressure sensation or inability to get pregnant.
Fine Needle Aspiration Cytodiagnosis of Endometriosis Arising In Scar Tissue and In the Caecum—Case Reports
- R. SRINIVASAN1, 2. R. NIJHAWAN1, 3. A. DAS2, 4. R. WALKER1
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2303.1993.tb00114.x/abstract
Article first published online: 31 MAY 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1993.tb00114.x
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Abnormal uterine bleeding accounts for a significant number of gynecological referrals. The diagnostic approach depends essentially on the age – group of the patient. In most premenopausal women the cause of the abnormal bleeding is dysfunctional wherein pregnancy related complications, local abnormalities of the uterus, like fibroids and polyps, and systemic causes have been ruled out. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is thus a diagnosis of exclusion, most commonly caused by anovulation and the diagnostic approach is geared towards finding out the cause of anovulation.
Breasts are for babies
Breastfeeding is every baby’s birthright. Any mother who denies her baby the right to suckle at her breast should decide not to have a baby in the first place. Having said this, one must admit that there are many young mothers who are troubled by many issues regarding breastfeeding.
First, the importance of breastfeeding: breast milk is the only complete nutrition for babies and infants. It is sterile, easily available, inexpensive food, which provides your baby protection against many infections- diarrhoeas,
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women, making it a significant health concern. Any woman can get breast cancer but there are some women who are more likely to develop it than others. Age is a major identifiable risk factor and more than 80% of breast cancers occur in women more than 50 years of age. It does occur in younger age groups but is rare in women less than 30 years. The chances of developing breast cancer at age 40 are one in 217, at age 50 they are one in fifty and at age 85 they are one in eight. The other risk factors in your check list should be: any family member with breast or ovarian cancer, male family member with breast cancer,