Events
The affected person may submit any of the following conditions:
* Menstrual period less than 21 days
* Frequency greater than 35 days
* Absence of menstruation for more than six months
* Bleeding, usually abundant
* Bleeding unrelated to menstruation
* Spotting, pre-ovulatory, premenstrual and postcoital
Treatment
Must be individualized according to the age of the affected their decision about contraception or fertility, side effects, cost of treatment, severity and chronicity of the bleeding. The doctor must first rule out pregnancy and assess the severity in terms of blood loss. You can start with anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce bleeding and continue with hormone therapy when required, progesterone, oral contraceptives or estrogen, and if necessary curettage, among others. In extreme situations can be reached on the removal of the uterus.
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Abnormal uterine bleeding: Events and Treatment
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Abnormal uterine bleeding: Causes and Diagnosis
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Causes
Are many and depend on age: a common cause of abnormal bleeding in young women and teenagers is pregnancy. Many women have bleeding in the first months of a normal pregnancy.
The pills or the device for birth control can also cause abnormal bleeding. If during a menstrual cycle do not ovulate, you could have abnormal bleeding, either light spotting between periods or heavy bleeding during the period. Between 40 and 55 years before menopause (last menstruation), women have months when not ovulating. This can cause abnormal uterine bleeding. The thickening of the endometrium (outer layer of the uterus) is another cause of bleeding. After menopause, hormone replacement therapy is often the origin of uterine bleeding. Other causes include a thickened endometrium and uterine cancer.
Diagnosis
Any woman with abnormal uterine bleeding should be evaluated in a medical consultation. The diagnosis is easy as it relates affected. However, the difficulty lies in determining the cause of it, so often the physician needs and a good history and physical examination, use of laboratory tests including hormonal studies, and making endometrial tissue. They can also be helpful to ultrasonography, transvaginal ultrasound or MRI, which present images of the affected areas.
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Abnormal uterine bleeding
Friday, June 4th, 2010Vaginall bleeding is anyone coming from the uterus (womb) that is different from the woman’s normal menstruation. It is characterized by the presence of bleeding at a time unexpected or excessive bleeding during the regular menstrual period, which causes the woman discomfort, anxiety, fatigue and risk of developing anemia.
Considerations
Menstruation is the only normal uterine bleeding. It is characterized by menstrual bleeding of approximately 50 to 70 mL, with three to six days and intervals of 25 to 35 days.
Abnormal uterine bleeding is a public health problem very often, it is estimated that 30% of women have this condition. Particularly affected are of reproductive age or perimenopausal (age 45 years), the latter have been associated with greater likelihood that affected this cancer.
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The Tradeoff Between Performance And Ssafety Of Diet Pills
Friday, May 7th, 2010With new diet pills hitting the market each day, promising great amounts of weight loss, how do we distinguish from ones that work and ones that are just trash? Reviews are the only safe option available for you to buy diet pills that actually work. Diet pills differ in the way they work, in the side effects that they produce and in the time they take to bring about the weight loss.
Top diet pills that have hit the market can easily be traced out by reading through the reviews. Some of them are quite effective but create havoc in the body along with reducing the weight. Fenphedra is one such pill. It creates a strong feeling of happiness that purges hunger in the body and dampens the appetite. However, this comes with a price as it has a huge number of safety issues tagged to it.
The natural diet pill which is currently taking the market by storm is the Hoodia diet pill. Being the extract of the Hoodia plant of Kalahari Desert in Africa, the Hoodia diet pills have no side effects. It takes no effort on behalf of the user, as it destroys appetite totally by making the brain think that the person has had enough to eat and needs no more. It is quickly becoming the most preferred pill.
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Diarrhea
Friday, January 1st, 2010
With respect to diarrhea, if your child has an episode of diarrhea without vomiting or fever and is in good spirits, that is, that this episode is not altered, it can implement a diet like the one below:
- rice cheese.
- polenta with cheese.
- Chicken or beef or grilled or baked, no seasonings or fat or skin.
- dietary gelatin.
- grated apple or ripe banana ride.
- hard cheeses.
If the child has several episodes of diarrhea, or diarrhea accompanied by vomiting or stomach pain (cramps) it is necessary to call the doctor decide whether it is necessary to assess hydration status. Also good news is that episodes of diarrhea before one can see if it is accompanied by fever, vomiting, before any of these symptoms consult immediately.
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Recommendations for prevention
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is an endemic disease in our country. The incidence in Argentina is the highest in the world are recorded between 400 and 500 new cases per year. Predominates in the warm months or spring and summer.
It affects young children: it is more frequent between 5 and 30 months, although there has been in older children.
Top Symptoms
The disease begins with diarrhea, mucus or bloody mucous pink tinged stool, vomiting, severe pallor and decreased urine output during diarrhea. The latter may occur from dehydration from diarrhea, or kidney involvement due to illness. In any circumstances should be cause for alarm and should be consulted immediately to your doctor.
The disease may progress leading to anemia, impaired renal function and in some cases, neurological abnormalities, manifested by drowsiness or irritability and sometimes seizures.
Source
In 90% of cases, the condition in our country is produced by a bacterium, Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic variety, producing a toxin called Verocytotoxin or VTEC. This bacterium and its toxin are heat sensitive and can be destroyed by cooking or pasteurization.
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