Placenta

rolled cigarette commonly known as a joint. When doing so this exposes the user to the THC in the cannabis, which then provides the user with a “high.” When an expectant mother uses cannabis during pregnancy, the chemicals can cross the mother’s placenta and have…

As a trend, a growing number of women are requesting delivery by Cesarean section without any medical complications. Cesarean delivery also known as C-section is the birth of a fetus through a trans-abdominal incision in the uterus (Lowdermilk, Perry, & Cashion, 2014). It is a major surgery that associated with risks for both the mother and the baby. However, many women choose elective C-sections over vaginal deliveries in the belief that they are safer, less risk of complications, and less pain…

Cord blood, also called placental blood or umbilical cordblood, is the leftover blood that is in the placenta and the section of the umbilical cord that remains attached to the placenta after the cord to the baby has been cut. This blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma, just like normal blood. But it also has lots of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells that are similar to the ones found in bone marrow. This is why cord blood is now being used on an…

Teratogens are agents that could cause birth defects. The agents cross the placenta and could cause cognitive problems. The agents that cause the birth defects could be things exposed in the everyday life,. There are medications that can cause birth defects as well as any infectious disease. The infectious diseases can cause the loss of a pregnancy also, the infections can affect the fetus 10-14 days after conception. A teratogen can stick itself to the uterus blood supply and the fetus.…

fertilized by a single sperm and then splits into two identical halves. Once the egg is fertilized and travels down the fallopian tubes, the zygote enters the womb and splits into two. In utero, identical twins are contained in the same sac and share a placenta. Now these babies have identical DNA and have the same blood type. Identical…

2008). A child is exposed to what the mother consumes via the placenta. The placenta is attached to the walls of the uterus on the mother to the middle of the stomach of the fetus. Blood and nutrients flow between the mother and child through the umbilical cord at the capillary level. Due to the molecular weight, cocaine and methamphetamines are able to “pass freely” or circulate from the mother to the child via the placenta and umbilical cord and back into the mother. Johnson v. State,…

In the novel, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, cross cultural medical communications are addressed through the story of a young, Hmong girl, Lia. Through her medical journey with epilepsy, the book shows how traditional boundaries and medical beliefs can clash and at times, bringing some negative outcomes to patients and their families. The novel introduces us to the Hmong culture, stressing their dire need to hold on to their culture so much that even some older traditions can make the…

Often called into question is the validity of the argument that human cells and tissues are the property of the hosts they came from after being removed from their body. To label parts of the human body, our anchor to this world, as personal property is very difficult. Even more difficult is deciding to whom these cells belong to after they are no longer a part of the person they came from. It is important to look at the benefits of research on the cells of people in order to help others.…

Blighted Ovum A blighted ovum is a condition in which a fertilized egg (embryo) attaches itself to the uterus but does not develop. The condition causes the placenta to grow and pregnancy hormones to be secreted. A blighted ovum is also called an anembryonic pregnancy. Women with this condition test positive for pregnancy even though they are not pregnant. CAUSES This condition may be caused by: A problem with a type of gene called a chromosome. A poor quality sperm or egg. SYMPTOMS…

One medical condition affecting the client is hyperthyroidism. The pathology of hyperthyroidism changed my patient’s pregnancy because the mother’s medical condition might pass onto the child through the placenta with decreased TSH and increased T3 and T4 concentrations (Chiasera, 2013, para. 9). Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy can lead to many health illnesses that include: intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, preeclampsia, and…