A Pregnant Diagnosed Woman has no Baby after the Cesarean Operation

Written by Doc Team Monday, 05 April 2010 20:38

Nowadays, women who are not able to deliver baby in normal process is opted to perform another procedure which is a cesarean operation, it is one safe alternative to help mothers and the babies endure the birth process. However, one case showed that a diagnosed pregnant woman had proved to find no baby inside her abdomen after the cesarean section was conducted.

A cesarean section was conducted to a thought to be pregnant patient that is in fact to find out that the pregnancy was to be a false because doctors who performed the cesarean didn’t find baby that was supposed to be there. Later on, it is revealed that the patient was suffering from uncommon condition called Pseudocyesis. Pseudocyesis is a condition that signals women to be likely pregnant but they are not.

 

When People Recognize Fruits and Vegetables for the First Time

Written by Doc Team Saturday, 03 April 2010 06:08

Tracing back to past history, many vegetables and fruits were not easily discovered in any places in each part of the world. It is proven by the fact that before Columbus finished his first voyage, Europeans had never heard and seen several vegetables and fruits like potatoes, corn, pepper, avocadoes, squashes, sweet potatoes, and cocoa. Their unawareness might be caused by several facts that some plants wouldn’t grow in their place or the fruits and vegetables were mishandled, and many other reasons.

It is interesting to find out that some fruits and vegetables have their own history. One to mention is tomatoes. Undoubtedly, tomatoes from San Marzano are the excellent variety and the best ones to make sauces. From the origin place where tomatoes were found, South America, tomatoes were shipped across the continent and other countries began to figure out about tomatoes and they also learned several ways in consuming tomatoes.

 

Teratogenesis

Written by Doc Team Sunday, 28 February 2010 19:02

Teratogenic may be induced at any stage of gestation and may be detected at birth or later. We may define teratogenic as any birth defect. It has been estimated that the average pregnant woman takes about eight drugs during pregnancy. Only 20 % have been prescribed by physician. Because of these , teraogenesis become an increasingly important issue.

Drug Associated with teratogenesis and clinical state
Aminoglycosides : deafness.
Chloroquine : deafness and neurological deficit.
Lithium : possible cardiovascular abnormalities.
Phenytoin : malformation of fingers, cleft palate.
Tetracycline : stained teeth, depressed skeletal growth.
Thalidomide : phocomelia, hearing loss.
Warfarin : hypoplastic nasal structure if  given 10 weeks.

 

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