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Positive Pregnancy Test

Conceiving may take up to two years so when a woman sees a positive pregnancy test she will be delighted. However, regardless of the accuracy rates that these home pregnancy tests claim, there are many times when the pregnancy test says that it is positi... Read >
Author: getahugetank

HELLP syndrome

HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication usually considered to be a variant of pre-eclampsia. HELLP syndrome is a rare but serious illness in pregnancy. This illness can start quickly, most often in the last 3 months of pregnancy (the t... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Testing Supplies And Equipment

A number of supplies are needed for home self-testing of blood-sugar levels: lancets to pierce the finger, the finger-piercing device, and the machine and/or sticks or tablets used to test blood or urine. The most effective way to clean the fingers is by ... Read >
Author: Alien

Complete Information on Eclampsia

Eclampsia is a difficult situation of pregnancy and is characterised by convulsions. Eclampsia is not the cause of seizures that occur during the first trimester (term of three months) or well into the postpartum period. Eclampsia can cause coma and flat ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

What Pregnancy Problems Can You Expect?

Pregnancy problems cannot be ruled out during pregnancy. These problems could affect the fetus and the mother-to-be. Sometimes, a minor condition could easily develop into high risk. There are situations when the pregnant woman is exposed to radiations, ... Read >
Author: Ling Tong

Complete Information on Eclampsia with Treatment and Prevention

Eclampsia is the occurence of seizures in a pregnant woman. Usually eclampsia occurs after the onslaught of pre-eclampsia though sometimes no pre-eclamptic symptoms are recognisable. The reason of eclampsia is not easily understood. Researchers believe a ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Complete Information on Alport syndrome with Treatment and Prevention

Alport syndrome is an acquired disorder that leads to kidney damage. In Alport syndrome, type IV collagen, one of the proteins that makes up the GBM, is absent or abnormal. Most people with Alport syndrome develop kidney failure in early adult life - in t... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

How To Care For A Pregnancy With High Blood Pressure

Pregnancy with high blood pressure requires special care for both the mother and the fetus. Some women can control high blood pressure through diet and exercise, by reducing salt intake and oil, and with medication. However, the question really is, ‘I... Read >
Author: apurva

Glomerulonephritis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Methods

Glomerulonephritis (glo-mer-u-lo-nuh-FRI-tis) is a type of kidney disease. It is caused by inflammation of the internal kidney structures (glomeruli). Also called glomerular disease, glomerulonephritis can be acute, referring to a sudden attack of inflamm... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

A Mother with Iron Will

THE TRUE STORY: Crystalline, the mother has a 1½ years' old daughter who is living with a very serious disease. She wants to share her story because she feels that she needs to help people know about the disease and help them face it if ever they are in ... Read >
Author: MauriTravel

Can Vitamins Lessen the Symptoms of Preeclampsia?

Whether or not supplemental vitamins can cure illnesses or reduce the effect of their various symptoms has been hotly debated for years. Recent research has attempted to investigate the effect of supplemental vitamin intake on a condition known as pre-ecl... Read >
Author: Tim Moore

Things you should know about kidney disease and lupus

Studies revealed that about a third of patients that have systemic lupus erythematosus can develop a kidney disease called lupus nephritis or lupus glomerulonephritis.Lupus nephritis usually shows very few signs. It doesn't cause pain or burning during ur... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

Lupus in pregnant women

Lupus is an affection which usually affects women and oftenly it has been said that women who suffer from lupus cannot become pregnant due to their condition. Much more, specialists deny this affirmation, 50% of all women with lupus who become preganant c... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

Facts and treatments regarding Lupus Nephritis

One of the most common complication caused by systemic lupus erythematosus is the kidney infection known as lupus nephritis. Even though there are not many signs of lupus nephritis, it is considered to be a serious form of lupus which may lead to fluid re... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

Diabetes Doesn't Have to Lead to Chronic Kidney Disease

Diabetes causes damage to the kidneys by causing harm to the small blood vessels that make the kidneys filters. If the filters get really damaged then chronic kidney disease develops. This is an incurable disease but it can be controlled. An early treatme... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

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