Archive for 'Women’s Health'
HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURES
Posted on May 8, 2009, under Women's Health.
Hysterectomy has long been the most commonly used method of surgically treating women for gynaecological problems such as excessive menstrual bleeding and chronic pelvic pain. Recent years have seen both numerous changes in the way that hysterectomies are performed, and a variety of new techniques (described in the previous chapter) that are challenging its dominance.
Types of hysterectomy. The term ‘hysterectomy’ originates from the Greek words hystera, meaning uterus, and ektome, to cut out. The earliest hysterectomies on record were performed about 1600 years ago in Greece and, despite high death rates until last century, the procedure is still carried out. There are four basic types of hysterectomy.
Total hysterectomy. A total hysterectomy refers to removal of the entire uterus including the cervix, together with its supporting ligaments, while leaving the Fallopian tubes and ovaries in place.
Total hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy. A total hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy entails removing the uterus with cervix and support ligaments, together with one or both sets of ovaries and Fallopian tubes. If both sets are removed the operation is called a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.
Subtotal (or partial) hysterectomy. A subtotal (or partial) hysterectomy involves removal of the upper two-thirds of the uterus only. The cervix is left intact, along with the Fallopian tubes and ovaries.
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SOLUTIONS TO INFERTILITY: ELIMINATING TOXINS FROM YOUR BODY
Posted on April 23, 2009, under Women's Health.
First you must try and work out the source of contamination and avoid it if possible. Then you must take specific nutrients, such as antioxidants, which will help eliminate the toxins from your body.
Avoiding Toxic Metals
Check if your or your partner’s work exposes you to the toxic metals shown up by hair analysis. If your occupation has been ruled out as the cause then look at other possibilities:
• Lead – traffic fumes from living by a main road or cycling to work, lead water pipes?
• Mercury – recent dental work or a lot of previous dental work, high intake of canned tuna fish?
• Cadmium – from smoking and also from exposure to passive smoke?
Vitamin Ñ is very useful in helping to eliminate toxins from the body, and you and your partner should be taking it each day as part of your supplement programme. But you can do much more to rid your system of unwanted substances by toning up your liver. This is a vital gland (the largest in the body) which acts as a marvelous disposal unit for toxins and waste products when it is working efficiently.
The liver detoxifies by combining harmful substances (like chemicals, drugs, alcohol and heavy toxic metals) with less harmful substances which are then excreted by the kidneys. So making sure your liver is working efficiently will not only help eliminate heavy metals but will also help rid your body of pesticide residues and other unwanted substances.
Taking Detoxifying Herbs
Herbs can be extremely helpful in optimizing liver function and one of the best is milk thistle (Silybum marianum). This herb can increase the number of new liver cells that are produced to replace old damaged ones. Silymarin is the collective name for the substances found in milk thistle which have this beneficial effect.
You may want to have a personal consultation with a nutritional practitioner so that tests can be organized and your plan of action can be structured to your own individual needs. If you do not have a nutritional therapist near you, then you are welcome to get in touch with me and a postal consultation can be arranged.
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