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| | Pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. | | | In many societies' medical and legal definitions, human pregnancy is arbitrarily divided into three trimester periods, as a means to simplify reference to the different stages of fetal development. | | | An unknown date for conception means that in practice the distinction between embryo and fetus is a clinical one only, and not used as to refer to stages of development of a particular pregnancy. |
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| | Pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. | | | In many societies' medical and legal definitions, human pregnancy is arbitrarily divided into three trimester periods, as a means to simplify reference to the different stages of fetal development. | | | An unknown date for conception means that in practice the distinction between embryo and fetus is a clinical one only, and not used as to refer to stages of development of a particular pregnancy. |
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| | Ectopic pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | And because ectopic pregnancy is treated with tubal surgery, a history of ectopic pregnancy increases the risk of future occurrences. | | | Ectopic pregnancy is noted that it can mimic symptoms of other diseases such as appendicitis, other gastrointestinal disorder, problems of the urinary system, as well as pelvic inflammatory disease and other gynecologic problems. | | | An ectopic pregnancy has to be suspected in any woman with lower abdominal pain and/or unusual bleeding who is sexually active and whose pregnancy test is positive. |
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| | Pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. | | | In many societies' medical and legal definitions, human pregnancy is arbitrarily divided into three trimester periods, as a means to simplify reference to the different stages of fetal development. | | | An unknown date for conception means that in practice the distinction between embryo and fetus is a clinical one only, and not used as to refer to stages of development of a particular pregnancy. |
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| | Teenage pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Barring medical and physical concerns, problems of teenage pregnancy arise from individual, family, and social factors. | | | Data supporting teen pregnancy as a social problem in industrial nations include lower educational levels, higher rates of poverty, and other poorer "life outcomes" in children of teenage mothers. | | | Teenage pregnancy in industrial nations is usually outside of marriage, and it carries a social stigma in many communities and cultures for that reason. |
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| | Tubal ligation reversal by Dr. Berger. |
| | This is better for patients than the 2 to 5 day hospital stay and 4 to 6 week recovery period after the traditional approach to tubal surgery. | | | We are here to make tubal reversal comfortable, affordable, and successful - and we want you to have the most complete and accurate information available about all aspects of female sterilization reversal. | | | During my 28 years in practice, I have developed outpatient microsurgery techniques that minimize tubal reversal cost, discomfort, and recovery time. |
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| | eMedicine - Ectopic Pregnancy : Article by Vicken Sepilian, MD |
| | Medical therapy of ectopic pregnancy is appealing over surgical options for a number of reasons, including eliminating morbidity from surgery and general anesthesia, potentially less tubal damage, and less cost and need for hospitalization. | | | Medical therapy: Historically, the treatment of ectopic pregnancy was limited to surgery. | | | The evidence in the literature reporting on the treatment of ectopic pregnancy with subsequent reproductive outcome is limited mostly to observational data and a few randomized trials comparing the various treatment options. |
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| | Health Information - Yale Medical Group |
| | Women with an ectopic pregnancy may have irregular bleeding and often have pelvic or abdominal pain, especially one-sided pain. | | | Ectopic pregnancy should not be ignored - always seek a physician's care with any bleeding or pain in pregnancy. | | | This is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the mother's abdomen to remove the ectopic pregnancy or damaged fallopian tube. |
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| | Medical References: Ectopic and Molar Pregnancy |
| | If these tests do not show whether or not there is an ectopic pregnancy, the doctor may need to view the abdominal organs directly with a thin, flexible viewing instrument called a laparoscope, which is inserted through a tiny incision in the abdomen while the woman is under general anesthesia. | | | However, women who have had an ectopic pregnancy have a 7 to 15 percent chance of it happening again, so they need to be monitored carefully when they attempt to conceive again. | | | This is a difficult time, and it may be helpful for the couple to speak with a counselor who is experienced in dealing with pregnancy loss. |
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| | The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit - A Timeline of Pregnancy Testing |
| | American public health advocates started to encourage women to see their doctors as soon as possible after pregnancy was suspected. | | | Prenatal care was found to improve the health of both infants and mothers, even though most women would not see a doctor or midwife until well into the pregnancy. | | | JV: The home pregnancy test is probably the most widely used test besides the hematocrit and hemoglobin [the blood test to measure red blood cells and iron levels that is part of the blood workup done regularly at doctors’ offices]. |
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| | Ectopic Pregnancy |
| | You might feel pain in your pelvis, abdomen, or, in extreme cases, even your shoulder or neck (if blood from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy builds up and irritates certain nerves). | | | Ectopic means "out of place." In an ectopic pregnancy, a fertilized egg has implanted outside the uterus. | | | Ectopic pregnancy can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms often mirror those of a normal early pregnancy. |
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| | Ectopic Pregnancy (a.k.a. Tubal Pregnancy) |
| | Your doctor will check your hCG levels (a pregnancy test), and an ultrasound will be done to see the condition of the uterus and fallopian tubes. | | | Once the ectopic pregnancy is confirmed, you will need emergency surgery and a skilled surgeon. | | | The consequences of an ectopic pregnancy may be upsetting. |
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| | Update on the Current Management Tubal Pregnancy |
| | The occurrence of pain following methotrexate therapy for ectopic pregnancy should not be the sole indication for surgical intervention. | | | Although the morbidity rate after tubal pregnancy treatment is decreasing and the main concern is to reduce the decline in fertility potential, the real future challenge remains prevention of the disease, especially among high-risk patients, such as those undergoing infertility treatment. | | | Many studies identify a history of ectopic pregnancy or tubal pathology as the major risk factor for, developing an extrauterine pregnancy among IVF patients, 12 most probably since the pre-embryo has a tendency to implant in the tubes of these patients. |
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| | UpToDate Patient information: Ectopic pregnancy |
| | Not all patients with ectopic pregnancy are alike, and it is important that your situation is evaluated by someone who knows you as a whole person. | | | Fortunately, new monitoring and diagnostic techniques increase the chance that ectopic pregnancy will be detected and treated before life-threatening complications occur. | | | Infertility &; The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is higher in the infertility population, mostly due to the increased incidence of tubal abnormalities in these women. |
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| | eMedicine - Ectopic Pregnancy : Article by Vicken Sepilian, MD |
| | Medical therapy of ectopic pregnancy is appealing over surgical options for a number of reasons, including eliminating morbidity from surgery and general anesthesia, potentially less tubal damage, and less cost and need for hospitalization. | | | In 1996, Clausen reported on a review of the past 40 years and concluded that only a small number of investigators have suggested indirectly that conservative tubal surgery increases the rate of subsequent intrauterine pregnancy, and the more recent studies may reflect an improvement in surgical technique. | | | Synonyms and related keywords: tubal pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, pelvic inflammatory disease, PID, Chlamydia trachomatis, salpingitis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, salpingostomy, neosalpingostomy, fimbrioplasty, tubal reanastomosis, tubal ligation, clomiphene citrate, injectable gonadotropin therapy, in vitro fertilization, IVF, gamete intrafallopian transfer, GIFT, intrauterine device, IUD, salpingitis isthmica nodosum, pain, amenorrhea, vaginal bleeding, methotrexate |
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| | Leading Article |
| | Treatment of ectopic pregnancy entails numerous choices by the gynaecologist: (1) whether or not to attempt it medically or surgically (expectant vs surgical or medical treatment); (2) choice of route (laparoscopy, laparotomy, sonographic or transcervical); (3) choice of operation (conservative vs radical); (4) choice of surgical approach (standard techniques vs microsurgery). | | | Less than 20% of women with ectopic pregnancy are asymptomatic but at risk because of a past history of ectopic pregnancy (there is a recurrency rate of approximately 10%), previous tubal surgery or assisted conception. | | | Doppler ultrasound and other biochemical tests have been examined as possible ancillary tools in suspected ectopic pregnancy, but none has received widespread acceptance in clinical practice [8-12]. |
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| | Many Mastectomy Patients Report 'phantom' Pain - Your Womens Health Community |
| | Phantom pain, often experienced by amputees, is likely the body's response to the trauma, researchers explain. | | | The investigators found that the biggest predictor of which women would have postoperative phantom pain and sensations was pain before mastectomy. | | | About 40% of each group reported phantom breast pain, and up to half reported sensations such as itching, throbbing, pins and needles, and pressure. |
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| | False Pregnancy in Dogs - got pitbull? - practice responsibility. |
| | FALSE PREGNANCY IN THE DOG occurs when the bitch produces both physical and psychological changes that are a nuisance to the bitch and the owner. | | | Most dogs experiencing a false pregnancy will begin to show some swelling in the mammary glands about five weeks after their heat cycle has ended. | | | There is no need to put a dog through all the added stress of heats, and false pregnancies, and random males trying to mate with them, and pyometra, and breast cancer, and the list goes on an on. |
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| | Drugs in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding(A to D) |
| | Principles and Practice of Medical Therapy in Pregnancy. | | | Sacrococcygeal teratoma has been reported in an infant born to a mother treated with acetazolamide until the 19th week of pregnancy [1]. | | | Pregnancy is not a contraindication to malaria prophylaxis with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine[1]. |
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| | eMedicine - Teratology and Drug Use During Pregnancy : Article by Noah S Scheinfeld, MD, JD, FAAD |
| | Atherosclerosis is a chronic process, and discontinuation of lipid-lowering drugs during pregnancy should have little impact on the outcome of long-term therapy for primary hypercholesterolemia. | | | In one study in which female guinea pigs were exposed to natalizumab during the second half of pregnancy, a small reduction in pup survival was noted at postnatal day 14 compared with the controls (3 pups/litter for the group treated with 30 mg/kg natalizumab and 4.3 pups/litter for the control group). | | | The FDA assigns a safety category for the use of medications in pregnancy using a 5-letter system: A, B, C, D, and X. The safety category must be displayed on the labels of all drugs. |
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| | Pseudocyesis (False Pregnancy) - PetPlace.com |
| | False pregnancy (pseudocyesis) is a term used to describe the behavior and physical signs of pregnancy when they occur in a non-pregnant animal. | | | Weight gain, mucoid vaginal discharge and abdominal swelling may occur during a false pregnancy; however, if your pet shows these signs and seems depressed or is lethargic, it would be wise to have her evaluated by your veterinarian to ensure that nothing else is wrong and that it is truly a false pregnancy. | | | False pregnancy is caused by hormonal mechanisms that are poorly understood. |
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| | Ectopic Pregnancy |
| | The treatments are more effective when used early on in the pregnancy. | | | This procedure decreases fertility even more than salpingostomy; there is the chance of subsequent ectopic pregnancy, but not as much as with salpingostomy. | | | An ectopic pregnancy starts out in the unruptured state, which is when the mass is still small enough to fit in the fallopian tube. |
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| | I feel male pregnancy will never be freely practiced or accepted by any means. | | | Male Pregnancy by Dick Teresi and Kathleen McAuliffe support that the technology and the demand for male pregnancy will be possible in the future. | | | Wasting time pursuing male pregnancy is an abuse of technology and ridiculous to almost every male I brought the topic up with. |
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| | Pregnancy Test |
| | It is this hormone that is produced by the placenta during pregnancy, the further in to the pregnancy you are the higher the levels of H.C.G. in your urine. | | | The pregnancy tests that we offer are fast, accurate (greater than 99%), reliable and an easy alternative when you require immediate discreet results in the privacy of your own home. | | | In addition, if your test is negative and you still suspect you may be pregnant, you may want to confirm your test results with another home pregnancy test a few days later. |
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| | False Pregnancy in Dogs |
| | (Pregnancy in a dog lasts about 63 days.) A dog experiencing a false pregnancy may have some abdominal swelling and/or engorgement of the mammary glands which can be painful. | | | This causes a condition we call 'false pregnancy.' Even though the bitch may not have mated with a male dog, her body believes it is pregnant due to some incorrect hormonal stimulations that it is receiving. | | | False pregnancy occurs 60-80 days after the bitch was in heat, about the time a pregnant bitch would give birth. |
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| | Aniwa.com : False Pregnancy and Associated Lactation |
| | This makes the diagnosis of pregnancy even more complicated in dogs, because it is impossible to distinguish between true and false pregnancy by means of behavioral changes (such as collecting various objects to make a "nest"), weight gain or even lactation. | | | False pregnancy does not seem to arise from an unfulfilled wish for gestation, since pregnancy does not prevent recurrence. | | | Treatment of lactation arising during false pregnancy consists of administering anti-prolactin medication, restricting drinking water, and applying astringent ointments on the nipples. |
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| | BabyCenter -- Pregnancy Tests: Are home tests accurate? |
| | Doctors and midwives generally only use blood tests to test for pregnancy when they need to know exactly how much hCG is in your blood or what's happening to the level over time — if they think you might be miscarrying, for example. | | | Many practitioners think that's another good reason to wait until a week after your period is due to perform a home pregnancy test. | | | Most home pregnancy tests claim to be "greater than 99 percent accurate" and imply that you can use them as early as the day you miss your period, but a study published in 2004 in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has shown that this is misleading. |
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| | Ectopic Pregnancy |
| | She should be aware of the risks of infertility, recurrent ectopic and persistent ectopic pregnancy if a tubal-saving procedure is done. | | | Decision making at the time of surgery for ectopic pregnancy | | | Pregnancy rates with IVF are very good in (young) women with tubal problems, and a tubal pregnancy results from IVF in only about 2-4% of cases. |
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