Gestation

reproductive system, it also affects the nervous and respiratory system among others. Preeclampsia is characterized by hypertension, proteinuria (protein in the urine) and edema. The onset of these characteristics is usually seen after 20 weeks gestation and can last into the postpartum period of pregnancy. In most cases the first sign of preeclampsia is excessive weight gain and more times than not is overlooked because weight gain is normal in pregnancy. Severe persistent headaches and…

BACKGROUND Pigs have been essential to human’s life even before wild animals were domesticated. Ancestors of pigs comes from Asia and Europe 25 million years ago, however its domestication pigs began 6000 to 8000 BC. Pigs were highly produced in Asia especially China which is the highest pig producer even currently. Pigs arrived in South Africa in in 1600’s with the European settlers. South Africa’s indigenous breeds are the Windsnyer (Ramsay, 2002). Breeds which are also found and commercially…

of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, many neurologists believe that “cortex is necessary for pain perception (Pro & Con Arguments, 2016). As the University of California, San Francisco states that a fetus does not feel any pain till 29-30th-week gestation. It is not advisable nor safe to undergo an abortion after 26th weeks of…

About 1.21 million abortions are performed per year, and 125,000 abortions per day. Thats a lot of precious lives lost. The procedures can be very disturbing. some women may think it’s the best choice for them but the child could have a better life if she chose to have the baby and put it up for adoption instead of “killing” the helpless child. In my opinion abortion should be banned in the united states. There are many different types of abortions, but no matter how the surgery is…

Three imaging modalities commonly used in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta patients include: diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic x-ray, and bone densitometry. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease affecting the quantity and structure of collagen that is normally found in connective tissues, bones, and the sclera, or white portion of eyes. It is estimated that this condition affects 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 births (Antoniazzi, Mottes,…

An omphalocele is a birth defect in which abdominal organs, primarily the intestines, herniate out of the body through a hole in the navel. Omphaloceles vary in size from containing only a portion of the small intestine to a majority of the abdominal organs, including most of the liver. This latter scenario, which includes about a third of omphalocele cases, is referred to as a giant omphalocele and can involve complications due to a small abdominal cavity and underdeveloped lungs.…

kills unborn babies, and usually performed because the mother does not want her child. A pregnancy usually lasts about thirty-nine weeks after the last menstrual cycle (“Abortion”). Abortion ends this pregnancy as early as the first seven weeks of gestation. Over one million abortions were performed in the United States in 2011 (“Abortion in the United States”). There are two types of abortion, spontaneous abortion and induced abortion. Spontaneous abortion is involuntary and has a natural…

Medicine cannot afford to have ambiguity in its vocabulary as precision and understanding is key to the field’s success. However, a challenge in medical terminology includes how one should define the terms ‘health’ and ‘disease’. In this essay I intend to explain naturalism and normativism in relation to how each one defines ‘health’ and ‘disease’. In order to do this, I will analyse naturalism and normativism as well as their critiques . Finally, I will discuss which approach is best and the…

What Fetuses learn while they're still in their mothers' bellies Every individual first starts to gain their knowledge while being housed inside their mother’s womb. With the fetus being surrounded by amniotic fluid the amniotic fluid acts as a noise enhancer so voices from the outside world can be heard to the fetus. Annie Murphy Paul states to us in her Ted talk video that Fetuses that are read to in the womb will remember the same book if read to after they are born. Along with there has…

sequenced but have unknown or partially known functions. Mice are a laboratory animal species that is closely related to humans and in which the knockout technique is easily performed. They are also breed quickly, with 8-20 individuals per litter and a gestation of only 21 days, this makes them a favorite species for knockout research…