Archive for January, 2008

Giving birth to a child is the main essence of life for a woman. If she is not able to conceive or reproduce an offspring, then she will feel depressed for not being pregnant.

Female infertility is the growing problem in our society.

The main cause of female infertility could be poor reproductive system that can disable the body to perform the basic reproductive functions.

The main problems involved with ovulation are irregular menstrual cycle or no periods for long time, mental stress, and lack of essential nutrients, improper diet, and also hormonal imbalance.

Why do most of the females suffer from infertility?

There are many reasons for female infertility. The top causes for not being pregnant includes damage of fallopian tube, ovulation disorders, early menopause, pelvic adhesions, and also due to polycystic ovary syndrome. It can also be due to the presence of fibroid in your uterus.

Ovulation disorders: In some cases, female infertility is caused due to the ovulation disorders. Disruption in the hypothalamus regulation can cause lower levels of luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormone due to which the ovulation process in your reproductive system gets affected.

Mycoplasma pneumonia is the most common form of bacterial infection.

It is contagious disease which is mostly seen in children with 5-19 years of age.

It is also known as walking pneumonia, which causes respiratory illness.

Mycoplasma is a bacterial form of micro organisms which resembles the fungal elements.

Mycoplasmal organisms mainly affect the antigen I of red blood cells due to which auto anti bodies are produced which can cause cytotoxic damage to epithelial cells.

How can you recognize mycoplasma pneumonia?

The main problem in identifying this infection is that the symptoms in the initial stages of mycoplasmal infection are similar to influenza or cold. It starts with mild sore throat and then continued with severe cough and running nose, which is common and similar to cold or influenza.

The simple clue to distinguish walking pneumonia and cold is that cough caused due to cold can be cured without using antibiotics where as cough due to mycoplasmal pneumonia is cured only after using antibiotics.

There are many ways to identify the symptoms associated with this bacterial infection. The first symptom is mild sore throat associated with low grade fever which gets worsen day by day. After few days, you may suffer with non productive dry cough.

Women can survive from ovarian tumor if detected in early stages.

But it cannot be detected in early stages, as it shows mild or no symptoms until the disease has progressed to an advanced stage.

That’s the reason why it is called as “silent” cancer of the reproductive system. It ranks 5th in cancer deaths among women.

Ovarian tumor stages:

The ovarian tumor picture is classified into

Stage1: Confined only to ovaries

Stage2: Spreads to pelvis such as fallopian tube or uterus

Stage3: Spreads to lymph nodes and lining of abdomen

Stage4: Spreads to organs beyond abdomen

Early detection i.e. in stage 1 or 2 is benign ovarian tumor. Detection in this stage is hard but early detection can bring 5 years survival to 95%.

If the tumor is detected in 3rd or 4th stage, which is an advanced state of tumor, where this is spread to other organs, survival at this stage is less than 5%.

Tagging of the reasons:

• Epithelial tumor: the cancer tumors are developed in epithelial, the thin layer of tissue which covers ovaries and is seen in postmenopausal women.

Myomectomy is a surgical treatment in which benign tumors are removed from uterus.

These tumors are called fibroids which are responsible for building muscular walls in uterus.

Due to these fibroids, the chances of getting pregnancy will be reduced and causes excessive bleeding and pain during menstruation.

What are the different techniques involved in myomectomy?

Various techniques are evolved for myomectomy treatment. It can be done through vaginal incision or with hysteroscopy or laparoscope and can also be done through abdominal incision.

Abdominal myomectomy: if there are more number of fibroids which are deeply rooted to the walls of uterus then this technique is employed. In this process, uterus is accessed with one long cut through the abdomen.

Usually horizontal incision is preferred over vertical; it depends on the presence of fibroids. Abdominal myomectomy always takes longer time to recover.

Hysteroscopic myomectomy: In this operation an instrument called resectoscope is used. Resectoscope is nothing but hysteroscope connected with a wire loop.

Using this instrument fibroids are detached through dilated cervix. When electrical energy is passed through the loop, it will set the fibroid loose, which can be removed through vagina.

Unexpected bleeding during normal days can cause discomfort for any woman.

Anything other than normal menstrual bleeding is a great problem for a woman.

So it is always important to know about abnormal bleeding.

Normal vaginal bleeding:

For any woman normally vagina bleeds, this is called menorrhea.

During menstrual cycle normal periodic flow of blood is considered as normal bleeding. In normal vaginal bleeding, blood is discharged from uterus to vagina.

During this normal menstrual period the blood flow lasts for 4 days. This will be repeated for every 28 days up to menopause stage and is called menstrual cycle.

What is abnormal vagina bleeding?

Anything other than normal menstrual bleeding is considered as abnormal bleeding of vagina. This is mostly seen in women who have crossed 50, that is in their postmenopausal stage. Bleeding between periods is also considered as abnormal vagina bleeding.

Why does your vagina bleed abnormally?

The causes for abnormal bleeding could any thing like,

• If you are using any birth control pills and suddenly stopped, then there would be a chance for vaginal bleeding.
• Any infections at opening of vagina are also responsible for vaginal bleeding.

Cervicitis is a gynecological disorder with an inflammation at the cervix, the lower part of uterus.

This is the most common disease in women and can occur at some or the other stage of life.

If you are suffering from abdominal pain or unusual discharge through vagina, you can have cervicitis.

How to spot cervicitis?

The symptoms or signs of cervicitis are not exactly identified and are confusing.

You can able to know it after you have undergone some medical diagnosis. If you observe any symptoms that are given below, you can be detected with cervicitis.

• Vaginal discharge with bad odor.
• Painful urination.
• Pain during menstrual periods.
• Vaginal bleeding after sexual contact or at postmenopausal stage.
• Pelvic pain can also be the sign of cervicitis.
• Some times if the infection enters into the body it also causes abdominal pain and fever.
• Itching in urethra or pelvic region.
• Bleeding after sexual intercourse.

What is the root cause of cervicitis?

• Unprotected or unsafe sex is main cause for cervicitis.
• Any sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, Chlamydia can increase the risk of developing cervicitis.