Pharmasweblog. Medical Weblog » Women’s Health http://pharmasweblog.com This is a blog that is created to discuss all medical related issue, ranging from medical health, Anti-Smoking, Arthritis, Asthma and lot more Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:39:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 FEMALE ORGANS OF REPRODUCTION http://pharmasweblog.com/2011/03/female-organs-of-reproduction/ http://pharmasweblog.com/2011/03/female-organs-of-reproduction/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:58:33 +0000 admin http://pharmasweblog.com/?p=173 The organs of generation, or reproduction, are more quickly spoken of as genitalia and in the woman are also called the pelvic organs since except for their outer opening they are contained in the pelvis. This is the capacious hollow in the bones at the bottom of the abdomen.  When it is spoken of as capacious, the woman is referred to.  The flaring out, in the region of the female hip and the wide bony arch at the bottom, so widened for all humanity to pass through it, makes a commodious place to shelter the infant until the fourth or fifth month, when his size makes it necessary for him to spread out to the upper abdomen. A broad ligament, running across from one side to the other, slings in its folds the uterus, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries.   Some thickenings of this make ligaments which suggest thongs and by tension keep the uterus in the proper position.   At least that is their purpose, but not infrequently the uterus, which is supposed to curve forward (we call it anteflexed), takes other positions.
A generation or so ago many of my conscientious, honest, but mistaken friends made comfortable incomes by performing ingenious operations to keep the uteri where they belong. I am pleased to say that able men in the profession itself showed that these operations were not often worth while and they are rarely done now. I know one lovely young matron, daughter-in-law of a gynecologist, who has five children, is busy with many community activities, and yet when she is not pregnant, her uterus is retroverted, that is, tipped back in a manner which years ago would probably have led her father-in-law to suspend it.
The ovaries lie one on each side of the pelvis and contain thousands of cells, each potentially capable of becoming a human being. The average woman, each month sending out into the world at least one of these immature beings, would have to rear a family of some hundreds were it not for the vicissitudes they encounter. The ova are dumped unceremoniously into the vast abdominal cavity to find their way into the fimbriated end of the Fallopian tube. Please excuse my not saying “fringed end.”
If, in the tube, the ovum is greeted by one of a reception committee of spermatozoa, it may then take up residence on the inner wall of the uterus.
The uterus of a young woman who has not yet been pregnant is an exceedingly firm, muscular organ, about three inches long, two inches broad, and an inch thick. The top is considerably larger than the lower part, called the neck or cervix, which projects a little way into the vagina. Although the uterus is spoken of as having a cavity running through its center and extending at the top to the Fallopian tube openings, actually the front and back walls are normally almost in contact. At the bottom the uterus is pretty firmly fixed to the vagina but the upper part is movable. The bladder lies in front and touching it and when the bladder fills it pushes the uterus up and back. So when dealing with the uterus at operation or in childbirth it is wise and usually necessary to empty the bladder.
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]]> http://pharmasweblog.com/2011/03/female-organs-of-reproduction/feed/ 0 ABOUT WOMEN’S HEALTH: HOW IS ENDOMETRIOSIS IS DIAGNOSED http://pharmasweblog.com/2009/04/about-women%e2%80%99s-health-how-is-endometriosis-is-diagnosed/ http://pharmasweblog.com/2009/04/about-women%e2%80%99s-health-how-is-endometriosis-is-diagnosed/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:10:48 +0000 admin http://pharmasweblog.com/2009/04/about-women%e2%80%99s-health-how-is-endometriosis-is-diagnosed/ There is no simple and accurate test which can be used to detect endometriosis. The only reliable way to diagnose the condition is by observing the implants during a minor operation known as a laparoscopy.

The diagnosis usually involves several stages which may include some or all of the following:

* reporting your symptoms to a doctor

* giving a history of your symptoms

* having a physical examination

* having an ultrasound

* having a laparoscopy

* taking a biopsy during a laparoscopy.

An early diagnosis is important as endometriosis is generally thought to be a progressive condition in which treatment is more effective in the early stages. If the progression of the condition can be stopped, or at least slowed down, then the likelihood of developing long-term complications such as infertility, adhesions and chronic pain is reduced.

For many women the road to a diagnosis is often long and it is not uncommon for women to see several doctors regarding their symptoms over a number of years before a diagnosis is made. In a survey conducted by the Endometriosis Association (Victoria), the average time between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis was over six years.

The long delay in diagnosis experienced by many women is partly due to the fact that endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose, especially in the early stages. The symptoms are easily confused with several other conditions and some doctors are not fully aware of the range of possible symptoms. In addition, a pelvic examination often appears normal.

Unfortunately, the diagnosis of endometriosis is also sometimes affected by doctors’ attitudes to the symptoms. Many doctors do not take women’s and teenager’s symptoms, such as period pain, seriously. Like many people in our community, they tend to assume that period pain is normal or psychological.

Doctors often do not consider a diagnosis in women and teenagers who do not conform to the traditional stereotype of women with endometriosis. Consequently, teenagers and women under the age of 25, women who have had children and women from lower socio-economic backgrounds are often simply not considered for a diagnosis.

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