Bad or Changed Breath
Bad breath is breath which has unpleasant odor. It is also called as
halitosis. It can be temporary or long lasting. There are millions of bacteria in the mouth mainly in the back of the tongue. This
bacterial growth requires mouth?s warm and moist conditions.
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Abnormal Pap Test
Pap test is a test in which the cells of the
cervix are scraped or brushed off and prepared on the slide to examine under microscope. It is done to detect the changes which may lead to cancer.
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Sexually transmitted disease
STDs, also called sexually transmitted infections or STIs, are diseases that you get by having intimate sexual contact, that is having sex (vaginal, oral, or anal intercourse), with someone who already has the disease.
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Acanthocytosis
Acanthocytes or spur cells are spiculated red blood cells with projections at surface of the cell. The cells are contracted, dense, and irregular. The appearance and morphology of the acanthocytes is more or less same the only thing which differs is the underlying disease which had lead to the Acanthocytosis.
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Female sex hormones
There are various hormones secreted by ovaries. These are steroids derived from
cholesterol. These include estrogens,
progesterone,
testosterone and androstenidione. The most important female sex hormones are estrogens and progesterone.
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Nail Fungus
Nail infection of fungus is known as
Onychomycosis. Fungus can infect both toenails and fingernails. Infection may manifest as a little white spot or yellow spot on the nail ignoring the condition may lead to the spread of the fungus deep into the nails which may further discolor the nails and may lead to thickening of nails and also abnormal growth of nails which may lead to uneven nails. If the condition deteriorated then it may lead to the painful and cosmetically unsightly nails.
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Fainting
Fainting or Syncope is described as the
loss of consciousness due to temporary interruption of cerebral oxygenation. It may be due to the interruption of blood flow to the brain.
Unconsciousness usually lasts for less than 30 seconds and is accompanied by loss of
muscle tone which may result in fall to ground. First patient experiences
dizziness, clamminess of the skin, decreased vision, Tinnitus, complete loss of vision, weakness of limbs in the respective manner.
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Perinatal deaths
Perimatal mortality is defined as deaths among the fetuses weighing 1000gm or more at birth (28 weeks) who die before or during delivery or the babies dying with in the first 7 days of delivery. It is expressed in terms of deaths per 1000 total births
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Caesarean section
It is an operative procedure where in fetuses is delivered through an incision on the abdominal wall and uterine walls after the end of 28th week. If it is performed for the first time it is called first caesarean section and if it is repeated in subsequent pregnancies it is called repeat caesarean section.
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Endometrial Cancer
It is one of the common cancer arising from the endometrial cells which lines the
uterus.
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