2009-03-12T08:50:26+0000">March 12, 2009 – 8:50 am
Recurrences Recurrences of herpes can break out weeks, months or years after the primary attack, or never. Recurrences are rare after HSV type 1 genital infection. Your resistance to illness (immune function) is important. Recurrence is more likely when a person is ‘run down’ or if triggered by a local injury. People who get oral [...]
2009-03-12T08:44:33+0000">March 12, 2009 – 8:44 am
During the past 20 years there have been many new developments and changes in the approach to the treatment of breast cancer. Knowledge is growing constantly as new treatments are tested, but it takes many years to know the value of a new treatment compared with older treatments in terms of cure, prolonged survival and [...]
2009-03-12T08:38:41+0000">March 12, 2009 – 8:38 am
This is an examination of the cervix through a specially designed microscope (colposcope) that magnifies the cervix 15-30 times. During colposcopy the whole surface of the ectocervix, and usually the lower end of the cervical canal, can be seen. Thus the colposcopist can see the area affected by any abnormality noted in single cells or [...]
2009-03-12T08:32:10+0000">March 12, 2009 – 8:32 am
These include the intravenous pyelogram, cystoscopy and urodynamic studies. Intravenous pyelogram This X-ray technique (known also as IVP) is used to detect cysts, stones, congenital abnormalities and other abnormalities of the kidneys, ureters and bladder. A radio-opaque dye is injected into a vein in the arm, from where it travels in the blood to the [...]
2009-03-12T08:26:01+0000">March 12, 2009 – 8:26 am
Miscarriage The possibility of miscarriage raises a prickle of uncertainty in the minds of many women during the early months of pregnancy. Medically called spontaneous abortion, miscarriage is the loss of the foetus and all or part of the placenta during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, before the foetus is sufficiently mature to survive. [...]