Placenta

symptoms begin with signs of respiratory distress, crackles, increased respiratory rate, dyspnea, retractions, and possible expiratory grunting. the patient may also have signs of pulmonary edema, such as frothy pink secretions. those patients who have conditions that predispose them to the development of ARDS should be carefully monitored for early recognition of the syndrome. initially hyperventilation causes hypocapnia and respiratory alkalosis. as the disease progresses, arterial oxygenation…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

The birth of a baby is nothing short of a miracle. Holding your newborn baby in your arms for the first time is an indescribable feeling. An array of mix emotions pulses through you. For me, it was a true feeling of ecstasy, a feeling I have never felt until the moment I held my daughter for the first time, a feeling I would never feel again until I delivered my other two children. From reading Chapter 2 in the textbook “Invitation to the Life Span” and watching the documentary “The Ultimate…