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around 400 deaths among exposed survivors in the next 30 years following the explosion, due to radiation-induced cancers and leukaemia. Among pregnant survivors, there were teratogenic effects on foetuses which resulted in birth deformities and stillbirths over the next 9 months. (World Nuclear Association, 2014) Today, the radioactivity in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is so miniscule that it is difficult to distinguish from radioactivity caused by the nuclear fallout after the explosion as opposed…

It also can happen after miscarriage or a stillbirth. Postpartum depression seems to be brought on by the changes in hormone levels that often occur after pregnancy ends. Any woman can get postpartum depression in the months after childbirth, miscarriage, or stillbirth. The chances for postpartum depression are increased if you have had postpartum depression before, if you have a poor support system around…

protein for a healthy growth, particularly for a fully developed of their brain cells. • You should avoid taking caffeine during your pregnancy. Many clinical reports have linked that the intake of caffeine might have contributed to high risk of stillbirth and miscarriage. Taking 200mg of caffeine for example, has showed to delay the fetal growth while it may have affected the baby's breathing and heart rate. Similarly, pregnant moms are advised not to drink green tea during their…

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Treponema pallidum is that bacteria that causes syphilis. Treponema pallidum is a gram negative bacteria which is spiral in shape. The virulent strain of T. pallidum was first isolated in 1912 from a neurosyphilic patient by Hideyo Noguchi, a Japanese bacteriologist. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease but transmission can also occur between mother and child in utero, this is called congenital syphilis. Syphilis was first discovered in…

reproductive cloning for the lose of your friend, so you clone them. It’s a possibility that your friend won'twont even make it. The reason why is because 95% of mammalian cloning experiments have resulted in failures in the form of miscarriages, stillbirths, and life threatening anomalies. The clones are not fully healthy and it causes a great risk to the woman who bears them. There is no point in us tax payers to pay for reproductive cloning when we are only just putting a woman at risk, and…

complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, often the kidneys) . • Increased risk of complications during delivery, such as prolonged labour, need for assisted delivery or Caesarean section, or stillbirth. • Smoking while pregnant exposes a woman and her unborn child to an increased risk of health problems including ectopic pregnancy(An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the main cavity of the uterus) ,…

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Intro & History Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a member of the herpesviridae family, is a prevalent viral pathogen called human herpes virus 5 (HHV5)[5]. It can infect many organs and is commonly asymptomatic[1]. Once infected with CMV, patients will carry the infection for life, as the virus could remain latent in white blood cells of our body with and without the demonstration of symptoms[1]. The virus can be reactivated during other illness or stress, this may occur with or…

Abortion: Consequentialist and Deontological Perspectives Abortion can be termed as the dissolution of pregnancy by therapeutic or non-therapeutic measures before the foetus is necessarily developed to subsist. While discussing about abortion, the term is essentially taken synonymous with 'induced abortion', that is, for whatever the reason, the pregnancy is made to end purposefully in par with the decision taken by the woman. The occurrence of spontaneous abortion also termed as miscarriage,…

Can a part of normal flora be a killer of the newborns? Grampositive bacterium colonized in 25% of women is THE leading cause of blood infection, pneumonia and meningitis in newborns. GBS can cause babies to be miscarried, stillborn, or become very sick and sometimes even die after birth. Some GBS survivors have permanent handicaps such as blindness, deafness, mental challenges, and/or cerebral palsy. Because of the severity of a GBS infection in the newborn, treatment guidelines have been…

Chapter 17 Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. "Mother 's Love: Death without Weeping." Conformity and Conflict Readings in Cultural Anthropology. 14th ed. Nancy Roberts, 2009. 155-163. Print. In the chapter Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping the author Nancy Scheper-Hughes describes the grueling conditions that new born babies are subjected too in Alto do Cruzeiro, Brazil. This chapter shows how the mother’s of Brazil decide what to do with their newborn babies.…