Unintentionally pregnant – the statistics For many – sometimes very young – women it is not a pleasant surprise when the pregnancy test is positive. Quite a few decide against carrying the child to term. According to the Federal Statistical Office, around 100,000 pregnant women chose abortion in 2020. This represents a slight decrease (of … Abortion: Procedure, Deadlines, Costs
Placentitis is an inflammatory, usually bacterial, infection of the placenta that is much less relevant to human medicine today than it is to veterinary medicine. The disease exclusively affects pregnant women and in most cases is transmitted vaginally, causing premature rupture of the amniotic sac so that the infection can spread to the fetal membranes. … Placentitis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
A miscarriage or abortion is an unwanted termination of pregnancy within the first 23 weeks of pregnancy. The baby shows no signs of life, such as umbilical cord pulse, heartbeat, or breathing, and its weight is less than 500 grams. What is a miscarriage? At regular intervals during pregnancy, the fetus is examined for possible … Miscarriage (Abortion): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
A progestin is a so-called corpus luteum hormone. Along with estrogens, progestins belong to the female sex hormones, they are so-called steroid hormones. What is progestin? Progestins are so-called steroids, the basic structure of which is pregnane. Progesterone, pregnanediol and pregnenolone are the most important representatives of progestins. The natural progestin is a corpus luteum … Progestin: Function & Diseases
Cell division occurs in every living being in the form of mitotic or meiotic cell division. It has the purpose of renewing the body substance and producing reproductive cells. What is cell division? Cell division has the sense of renewal of body substance and production of reproductive cells. There are two types of cell division: … Cell Division: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia is a mutation-related skeletal dysplasia. Patients suffer lead symptomatically from defects of bone and cartilage tissue and sensorineural hearing loss. Treatment is purely symptomatic and usually includes pain management. What is oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia? Skeletal dysplasias are congenital disorders of bone or cartilage tissue and are also known as osteochondrodysplasias. A myriad of disorders … Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal Dysplasia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Symptomatic of Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome are primarily deformities of the hands and feet. Further, uncontrollable eye tremor and severe strabismus are typical. All therapeutic options are primarily based on the symptoms and treatment begins immediately after birth. What is Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome? Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome is a very rare inherited disorder. It was first described by an ophthalmologist … Karsch-Neugebauer Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Intercalation is the intercalation of particles such as molecules or ions into certain chemical compounds such as crystal lattices. In biochemistry, the term is associated with the intercalation of particles between adjacent base pairs of DNA, which can result in lattice mutations. Intercalary properties are possessed, for example, by the substance thalidomide, which has spawned … Intercalation: Function, Tasks, Role & Diseases
Oleander embodies for many plant lovers a Mediterranean piece of earth in the home garden. Because of its fragrance and beautiful flowers, it is known to plant lovers as rose laurel. All parts of the plant are poisonous and in larger quantities also deadly to humans. Occurrence and cultivation of oleander The flowers are white, … Oleander: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
A scraping is used to clean or obtain examination material from the affected organ. Most often, this refers to a scraping of the uterus after a miscarriage. Although the risks are low, injury to the uterus may occur during the procedure and infection may occur after the procedure, but these are easily treated. What is … Cervical Curettage: Treatment, Effect & Risks
The term hypermenorrhea refers to excessively heavy menstruation. In this, there is a significant increase in blood loss as well as additional shedding of tissue. The causes are changes in the reproductive organs or other mental and physical disorders. Depending on the individual reason for the symptoms, hypermenorrhea can be treated differently. What is hypermenorrhea? … Hypermenorrhea: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The term intussusception is used in medicine to refer to any type of invagination. This includes invagination of intestinal segments in infants and young children, phagocytosis in the immune response, or invagination of the blastocyst in embryogenesis. In embryogenesis, invagination represents the onset of gastrulation. What is intussusception? A very early stage of embryogenesis is … Invagination: Function, Role & Diseases
