Pregnancy and Urinary Tract Infection WHAT IS A URINARY TRACT INFECTION? A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of any part of the urinary tract. This includes the kidneys‚ the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder (ureters)‚ bladder‚ and the tube that carries urine out of your body (urethra) These organs make‚ store‚ and get rid of urine in the body. UTI can be a bladder infection (cystitis) or kidney infection (pyelonephritis). This infection may be caused by fungi‚ viruses
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Fertility is the ability to reproduce. Fertile men are those who have the ability to father children and fertile women are those who have the ability to become pregnant and ‘carry’ her offspring for the whole 9 months. Men and women both have higher level of fertility from ages 16-25. As men and women age‚ the level of fertility begins to decrease‚ especially in the case of women since pregnancy rates for natural conception decrease from ages 35-40. Infertility is when a couple is unable to conceive
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Despite a ton of new research and medicine premature birth is still a major problem all around the world. So doctors everywhere have been wondering is there anything at all we can do to reduce premature birth. Well‚ there is a way to reduce premature labor and birth. A new study in California found that better sleep might just be the best way to address premature birth. The researchers working on the study are hoping to identify medical and social interventions that could help reduce
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Substance abuse amongst women who are of the childbearing ages has risen in the United States‚ in fact substance abuse is much higher in this age group than with any other age group. While this is a problem within itself already‚ the problem worsens when a woman who was already abusing drugs gets pregnant. It should be assumed that taking drugs during a pregnancy is extremely dangerous‚ not only to the fetus but also to the mother. Pregnancy is proven to be harsh on the mother’s body‚ but when illicit
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Mental disorders are believed to start even before birth. According to the article I read‚ studies show that if a women has influenza during pregnancy‚ her child is three times for likely to have a mental illness such as schizophrenia. People having schizophrenia may be dysfunctional and deviant due to their delusions and the disordered thinking they may have. Studies also show that undernourished mothers tend of have kids with mania and depression. This depression can cause people to be a danger
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One of the commonest disorders in newborn male infants is Cryptorchidism. During the last two decades‚ the prevalence of cryptorchidism among boys has varied from 2.1 to 8.4% in different countries. Testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS) is the consequence of disruption of embroyonal programming and gonadal development during fetal life and associated with symptoms like poor semen quality‚ testis cancer‚ undescended testis and hypospadias. Cryptorchidism being part of testicular dysgenesis syndrome
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A woman’s experience of her pregnancy‚ labour and delivery process differs from female to female. Mother of three children‚ the eldest being 18‚ the second child being 16 and the last child being 5 years old; she has gone through three completely different challenges and insisted all three births had been the best events in her life‚ even with the associated complications of each. The participant‚ Anna‚ was asked to complete an interview based on her pregnancy of her eldest daughter. The questions
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Throughout most of the history‚ breastfeeding has long been viewed as the gold-standard for infant feeding. Currently‚ major health organizations in the U.S. such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP‚ 2012) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP‚2014) recommend exclusively up to six months‚ with continued breastfeeding along with complementary foods until at least 12 months of age by all major health organizations. The most recent national data have shown high breastfeeding initiation
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Currently‚ the mechanism behind AIA is not clearly understood‚ though estrogen deprivation is thought to be a major cause of AIA. Joint pain could be related to various articular structures innervated with nociceptive fibers‚ such as joint capsule‚ synovium‚ periosteal bone‚ ligaments‚ and periarticular structures (Felson & Cummings‚ 2005). Estrogen is known to influence on changes of neurogenic pain response. High serum estrogen levels may cause the body to release endorphins and enkephalins that
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Task 1 Roles and responsibilities of midwife in antenatal care During the antenatal period‚ midwives care for a pregnant woman by providing regular check-ups that allow treatments and prevent potential health problems throughout the course of the pregnancy while promoting healthy lifestyles that benefit both mother and unborn child. The health care professionals will give advice and information to help the patient have a healthy pregnancy (information such as impact of diet‚ alcohol‚ smoking‚
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