Best Fertility Clinic in Lagos, Nigeria
According to the National Health Service, UK, a couple that has been trying to conceive for over three years has a maximum 25 percent chance of conceiving over the subsequent 12 months if they continue trying. In medicine, a risk factor is something that raises the risk of developing a condition, disease, or symptom. For […]
Retrograde ejaculation is when the semen goes the wrong way, into the bladder. Genetic factors: A man should have an X and Y chromosome. If he has two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome, as in Klinefelter’s syndrome, the testicles will develop abnormally and there will be low testosterone and a low sperm count or […]
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels called arteries. The arteries bring blood from the heart to your lungs, where it picks up oxygen and then moves to your organs and tissues. The organs and tissues use oxygen to power their activities. Blood vessels called veins return the […]
Some women already have high blood pressure (hypertension) before they become pregnant and they may be on treatment for this. Your medication may need to be changed, so it is important to see a healthcare professional before, or as soon as you know you are pregnant. Some women are found to have high blood pressure […]
High blood pressure (hypertension) during pregnancy is quite a common problem. About one in 10 pregnant women have problems with high blood pressure. Up to three in 100 pregnant women have pre-existing high blood pressure. About four to eight in 100 pregnant women have gestational high blood pressure and do not go on to develop […]
If your doctor or midwife finds that your blood pressure is high during your pregnancy, they will usually check to see if you have any protein in your urine and ask you if you have any symptoms of pre-eclampsia. If your blood pressure remains high, or if you have any signs of pre-eclampsia, you will […]
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an inflammation of a woman’s upper reproductive tract, including the structures of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. Salpingitis, inflammation of the fallopian tubes, is the most common manifestation of the disease. PID is known to be a long-term consequence of many sexually transmitted diseases as well as bacterial vaginosis […]
Is PID common? In the early 1990s, the self-reported frequency of PID in women was approximately one in nine. PID was more than twice as common in women with a history of sexually transmitted diseases (26 percent) than among women who had never reported an STD (10 percent). Risk factors Younger age: Sexually experienced teenagers […]
What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels called arteries. The arteries bring blood from the heart to your lungs, where it picks up oxygen and then moves to your organs and tissues. The organs and tissues use oxygen to power their activities. Blood vessels […]
Imagine that you woke up one morning and realise you are bleeding. Your last menstrual period just ended a week ago, and you aren’t due to start again until next month. Why are you seeing blood now? This unexpected bleeding is considered mid-cycle spotting, or abnormal uterine bleeding. When experienced outside of your normal menstrual […]
