Category | Women's Health

Early Pregnancy Miscarriage

Posted on 30 September 2008

Other names :
Spontaneous abortion.
Introduction :
Failure of a pregnancy to progress beyond twenty weeks. Early Pregnancy period.
Cause :
A miscarriage occurs when a pregnancy fails to progress, due to the death of the foetus, or a developmental abnormality in the foetus or placenta. A few definitions are probably useful here. A foetus is the developing baby in [...]

Bowel - Bladder Incontinence

Posted on 27 September 2008

Introduction :
Incontinence is the loss of urine from the bladder and bowel at times when such loss is not desirable.
Types :
Incontinence can vary from constant bed wetting, to the occasional dribble when the woman jumps, coughs or laughs. Incontinence of faeces may also occur.
Cause :
The most common cause of urinary incontinence is the damage done [...]