Introduction Epilepsy, also known as seizure disorder, is one of the biggest health issue in the world, as it affect people from all races and in all age groups. Epilepsy can simply be defined as an illness of repetitive uncontrollable seizures(Banerjee et al.,2009) or in a much scientific manner as “a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally causing strange sensations, emotions, and behaviour, or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss...
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Oncological treatment and pregnancy are possible, but not excluding some short-term and long-term effects on the unborn child. Cancer treatment can be categorized as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Surgery is a crucial part of treating cancer. With special precautions, surgery is possible during pregnancy, although not without the added risk of miscarriage, premature delivery, and fetal distress. During surgery, the mother is at risk of hypotension, hypoglycemia, hypoxia or stress, adding a greater risk to the fetus then the...
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In a post-child-birth exit survey of 641 women, Abuya, et al. (2015a) found that D&A is perpetuated by health workers and other facility staff. Further, a systematic review of fourteen studies conducted in Nigeria by Ishola, Owolabi, and Filippi (2017) corroborates this and suggests that D&A was mostly reported as perpetrated by facility staff in their systematic review of fourteen studies conducted in Nigeria. Sadler et al. (2016) also report that D&A can occur when women interact with the providers...
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The sacrifices begin at the instant when those two pink lines show up, and many times ever sooner. As a saying goes ‘pregnancy is a beautiful time in a woman’s life, but it can also be one of the most stressful and tough one, despite how much she may love it.’ Pregnancy causes many changes in the physiology of the female patient. These alterations are sometimes subtle but can lead to disastrous complications if proper precautions are not taken during...
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“Any reason that relates to the sex of an employee or their pregnancy status would give rise to a claim on the face of it of discrimination or a breach of workplace rights” (Unknown). Working women are facing challenges in the workforce. In 1976, the United States Supreme Court held an employer’s failure to provide benefits to pregnant employees. Employers with fewer employees were exempted from the act. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act is similar to the AEDA but doesn’t deal...
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Pregnancy and Risk Factors During pregnancy, there are many factors that can affect the fetus and/or the mother. It is important, as a healthcare provider, to incorporate health promotion into obstetrics care. My patient, JW, is on her third pregnancy, and is around 8 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Previously, she endured a spontaneous abortion in 2008. In 2015, at 36 weeks gestation, she went under an emergency cesarean section due to oligohydramnios, which means deficient amniotic fluid. The baby...
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In recent times, the human race began to battle a question that was once very easy to answer. When exactly does life come to an end? Earlier in the 19th Century, the reply to the question was very obviously and frequently when the heart stops but when technological advancements could allow the heartbeat even after the brain had died or stopped working, it became unclear whether death still occurred when the heart stopped beating or when the brain stopped working....
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SUMMARY Since the introduction of ICSI back 28 years till now ICSI is widely used to treat malefactor as well as female factor infertility. However, studies had shown concern of the pregnancy outcome in ICSI over conventional IVF in couples with non-male factor infertility. Studies had shown an+ altered pregnancy outcome in ICSI compared with natural conception. So far no difference in neurodevelopment in ICSI and spontaneously conceived (SC) children has been found. Additionally, epigenetic disorders and imprinting disorders have...
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Obesity in the UK maternity services is the biggest issue faced today, with complications in labour causing concern as well as added costs on the National Health Service (NHS) (Ziauddeen & Alwan, 2019). In the past decade, obesity in pregnant women has doubled from around 22% in 2010 to 44% in 2018 (Desk, 2019). It is of interest to the group because the group would like to gain more knowledge of current healthcare issues in preparation for university. Obesity is...
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Introduction This report aims to discuss the purpose of Public Health England (PHE) and the short- and long-term implications of smoking during pregnancy and childhood. Besides, it will explore the role of the midwife in health promotion, the parent-infant attachment in correlation to local and national guidelines and communication strategies that influences behavioural changes. Government Agenda Public Health England (PHE) is a government agency within the UK; the main purpose of PHE is to protect and improve the nation’s health...
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Teen Pregnancy has been an increasingly worrying issue with teens exposure to social media and the internet in itself, sexual content has never been more accessible as it is now. This leads Teenagers in today’s world to not only access sexual material but to engage in the acts being displayed to them and engaging in such activities at younger ages often has a higher risk of unwanted pregnancy. Teenage Pregnancy comes with a lot of different issues itself and can...
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Teenage pregnancy is usually defined as pregnancy that happens in young girls below the age of twenty, regardless of whether or not they’re married or of adult age. Teenage pregnancy has been increasing at an alarming rate especially within the US, Africa, and UK. It’s become a worldwide concern because it not only affects the teenager and her family, but the society generally. An increase in teenage pregnancy will within the top, cause increased child poverty also as degradation of...
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According to CDC Tetrahydrocannabinol or better known as THC, is a harmful chemical associated with cannabis that is stored in your body and later passed to your baby in the womb, can cause a defect in your baby’s development. However, more needs to be done for better understanding of cannabis and pregnancy. Does Cannabis cause miscarriage? Studies on animals have shown that unsuccessful labor increase with the use of cannabis. Anyway there is no human exploration showing relationship of premature...
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Pre-eclampsia is a serious hypertensive complication that can occur during pregnancy. Hypertension only occurs in 10% of women during pregnancy and although pre-eclampsia complicates only 2% to 8% of pregnancies, it is still devastating and life-threatening for both the mother and the baby. It is estimated that pre-eclampsia causes death in approximately 76,000 women per year as well as 500,000 babies, a figure proportionate to 40% to worldwide HIV mortality. Eclampsia is an end-stage of the disease which is indicated...
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Since my mom was a teen mom this is an issue that was interesting and important to me. “In 2017, a total of 194,377 babies were born to women ages 15-19 years”. Teens pregnancy 1991-2015, teen birth rate went down 61%. In the district of Columbia 67% has the highest rate of teen pregnancy. Massachusetts has the lowest teen pregnancy at 8.5%. The teen pregnancy rate in Minnesota is 18.8% and the teen pregnancy rate in Wisconsin is 15%. This...
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The immune system within a pregnancy is very complex. Being susceptible to certain infectious diseases puts a pregnant woman within a special population group with an ‘immunological’ condition that is caused by pregnancy. Although, it may bring up some challenges in making decisions in regard to treating and preventing these infectious diseases and how to approach them. For years the complexity of pregnancy and its immunology has been the center focus of complication in developing new standards with clinical implications...
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“We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, wars, or hatred…If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?”- Mother Teresa “The termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to being capable of normal growth”. Abortion is one of the most controversial and polarising topics today. It is a painful and sensitive topic for women and men who...
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Pregnancy and childbirth are arguably the most significant periods in the lives of many women across the globe. Whilst the stages of pregnancy and childbirth are consistent biologically worldwide, the traditions surrounding them, the care of both the foetus and the mother, the amount of medical intervention and gender roles all differ substantially between varying cultures. Specific cultures explored in this essay include the Western culture, Indian culture, Chinese culture, Brazilian culture, the culture of the Canadian Inuits and the...
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Teen pregnancy has been an ongoing issue in the United States for a long time now. Teenage girls have been becoming pregnant at a fast pace, with a lot of the pregnancies being planned (“Child Trends” 2). With many television shows being made such as “16 and pregnant” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”, and it is giving these teenage girls the idea that it is okay to get pregnant at such a young age. Around the world,...
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Reproducing is an ability that human beings are born with. Since the beginning of the process of reproduction, most of the human beings would celebrate with joy and would even been on cloud nine (Li et al, 2020). However, not every human being would be that fortunate enough to give birth successfully to the next generation, especially some women would encounter miscarriage, which is indeed a really painful experience to undergo with. Plus, miscarriage is indeed something not extraordinary, but...
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There are two different microbial pathogens we are to discuss namely, Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes that affect pregnant women and the unborn foetus upon eating (or coming into contacting) with infected meat. Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anaerobic bacteria which causes the infection called Listeriosis. Escherichia coli is a bacteria that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm blooded organisms, most E.coli strains are harmless, but some can cause serious food poisoning. Shiga toxin-producing E-coli (STEC) is...
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Abortion is a very controversial topic that has been around for decades in the United States of America. There are two sides to this argument, which include people who are pro-choice, who believe that each person is the source of their own moral authority and has the right to choose life or death, and people against abortion (pro-life), who believe that by moral authority, abortion is wrong. For readers who don’t know, abortion means the termination of pregnancy by removal...
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Abortion always has been and probably always will be a heated and heavily debated topic. Arguments coming from religious views and beliefs to rights and safety concerns, there have been tremendous amounts of debating surrounding abortion. Abortion has been evident since ancient times and many different methods were attempted. Some being; herbal remedies, using sharp implements, and abdominal pressure. Records of abortion have been dated back to over 4,000 years ago. Abortions back in ancient times were generally looked down...
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Introduction Abortion has always been controversial and will be the center of public debate for decades. It’s often discussed from various points of view including moral, religious, philosophical, ethical, and medical. The majority of people either have a personal experience or opinion concerning abortion. Abortion is a delicate topic that touches everyone — man, woman, and child. Many have pondered upon the meaning of abortion. The argument is that every child born should be wanted, and others who believe that...
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Abortion Law in Mississippi Since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the constitutional right to abortion in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, abortion issues have surfaced in every election both locally and statewide. Abortion is not a priority but it certainly has helped shape policies and attitudes in the U.S political landscape. Approximately 862,320 abortions occurred in the United States in 2017. The resulting abortion rate of 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–44) represents an 8% decrease...
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Abortion is one of the most controversial topics. Some people support the mother’s free will to choose to have an abortion, others do not. Abortion means ending a pregnancy. In the past years, most people looked at abortion as killing a child or some sort of child abuse. But today’s society looks at abortion as presenting the mother with more opportunities to have a better future and preventing a child to ruin a mother’s life. Abortion has been a controversial...
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Imagine your twelve-year-old daughter is walking home from school, she always tells you how she wants to be a doctor when she grows up, so she can help people like her mommy. She gets kidnapped by an individual and is raped. You live in Alabama, and the law to make abortions illegal just passed. She gets pregnant at age twelve. What are you going to do? Your daughter’s future is thrown out the window, and her dream of being a...
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Introduction Abortion has become one of the hottest debates in the world. With the rising alarm in overpopulation and hiking economic standards, the need to give birth has raised questions among institutions and individuals. The discussion has mainly been stuck in between two perspectives of the debaters, the economic as well as the moral view. Those who have been debating from a moral perspective have kept their stand that no matter the circumstances, abortion always goes against the moral view...
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Introduction Over time, research findings show that ambivalence is evident when a woman decides on keeping the child; however, abortion becomes a choice when there are fears about adverse effects that might occur to a woman. (Kirkman, Rowe, Hardiman, Mallett, & Rosenthal, 2009). Abortion can be defined as a voluntary termination of the life of a fetus by terminating a pregnancy. In the recent past, there has been a serious debate about abortion, and various opinions have been debated about...
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There is a major problem in this country and the world. A great big heap of people believes that abortions should be illegal. But that’s just not how things should be. Katha Pollitt, an American author, poet, essayist, and critic, once said. These are words of wisdom plenty of people could do to hear. Abortion needs to be legal because if not, women will be forced to find unsafe ways of going about it. It is nobody’s choice and nobody’s...
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