Prenatal Care

Think you're pregnant?

Whether planned or not, it's time to the next rule ... does not come! Most likely you will start to feel symptoms of pregnancy until the period has been delayed a week or two. You get the home pregnancy test is positive and!, Then it's time to decide what to do with the pregnancy and go to your doctor.

Speaking of risk in pregnancy is like talking about risk in daily life that we rolled, i.e if we know and background activities that increase the risk, know that the possibility of complication is higher or lower, for it serves Prenatal care: to know the degree of risk for each pregnancy complication, and as far as possible, to reduce this possibility.

In addition we also carry the birth control according to the time of it, doing specific tests for each gestational age. Gynecologists have the time of pregnancy for weeks from the first day of the last menstrual bleeding, the approximate time of gestation is 40 weeks, which corresponds to 9 months (remember that not all months have 4 weeks exactly why no offset between weeks and the doctor says we're counting the months).
Consultations are monthly until 32 weeks to 7 months from this date is every 2 weeks until 36, and from this date will be weekly until the end of pregnancy.

There are basic prenatal studies: complete blood count helps us know if there is anemia or infection; Urinalysis in search of possible infection or protein in the urine, VDRL to know if syphilis Blood group and RH to prevent blood incompatibility between mother and child if the mother is Rh negative, seeking blood chemistry risk of diabetes, kidney problems or high blood pressure during pregnancy.

In each consultation we review your blood pressure, enlargement of the abdomen, hear the baby's heart, we check if the feet are swollen, adequate mass increment. The doctor also considers whether or not recommended vaccination against tetanus. And we will request an ultrasound from the moment you find out you're pregnant and at least every 3 months.

If you have any history that might increase the risk to you or your baby, ask specific studies.

Woman and Osteoporosis

What is Osteoporosis?

Did you know that the bones of the human skeleton are constantly changing? Have a continuous remodeling through processes of old bone destruction and new bone formation, and are also the reservoir of calcium in the body. When there is an imbalance between these two processes destruction occurs predominantly a disease called osteoporosis.

After 35 years women begins in the loss of small amounts of bone. In fact, many diseases or lifestyle habits can increase this loss, causing osteoporosis, even at early ages.

The decrease in the production of female sex hormones (estrogens) during the climacteric and menopause is a major cause of osteoporosis, especially when for some reason the ovaries removed.

A number of analysis and radiological studies, applied to women who have these risk factors, can detect this disease, the doctor is in charge of requesting and interpreting. Better safe than sorry, it is a common phrase, but with much sense in this issue of osteoporosis. Bone fractures sometimes can be as serious as aggressive and its consequences, which are even, cause loss of independence, and thus a decreased quality of life. On the other hand, you could stop having income or be unable to work permanently occupationally disabled. Therefore, it is best have the necessary requirements to achieve a good peak bone mass to reach the age of skeletal maturity. Therefore, it is recommended that during childhood and adolescence consume adequate amounts of calcium with food. In addition, it helps maintain exercise habits and eliminating as far as possible the snuff and alcohol.

Is important to note that not all women develop osteoporosis after menopause.

1. Often is related to other risk factors such as:
2. Early loss of menstruation (before age 45)
3. Having a history of this disease in a family
4. Not exercising
5. Eating foods rich in calcium few
6. Smoking and excessive alcohol intake
7. Having had no pregnancies

Facts about Menopause!

We know that the release of an egg each month in the ovary allows the formation of two basic female hormones: estrogen and progesterone, so that they are involved in our monthly basis.

When we are born we do with a number of eggs and genetically defined for each of us, when we exhaust this reserve we stopped having ovarian production of these hormones, therefore no longer claims and ends the possibility to procreate, this occurs around 50. Since regulate a woman stops for a whole year we say it is in menopause and the changes that occur around the last period we call Climacteric, so that menopause is a state that is identified retrospectively. This decrease of female hormones causes some disorders such as hot flashes, dry skin, vaginal dryness, decreased sex drive, mood changes, which as a whole is named, as we said, of Climacteric.

So if we know that this is from a lack of hormones, it is easy to deduce that the treatment is the restoration of this hormone function, for which there is still controversy, but gradually being put under the know. It is known that if these symptoms are very intense the treatment of first choice are hormones, if symptoms are mild, then you can use some other non-hormonal medicines.

The use of one or another depends not only on symptoms but also on the history and health status of the patient particular. It said that hormones cause cancer, I wonder, if this were true then all women would have cancer by being exposed to them for about 30 or 40 years of our life,

Right? And it is true, but one patient has certain characteristics, the use of hormones could accelerate the development of tumors or other undesirable effects.

In addition to these management alternatives is possible to modify certain behaviors in daily life to minimize symptoms, such as diet and exercise. The latter would be the most important factor to improve living conditions. The quintessential exercise is walking, the human body is designed anatomically for this activity, swimming is another alternative as well as the bike.

There is also another easy alternative treatment for these symptoms, what we commonly call phytoestrogens, which are not hormones but in some tissues have a similar function in the market we found it as soy lecithin. This is a safe alternative for the treatment of the symptoms without the undesirable effects of the hormones.

On the other hand, the lack of hormones also have other consequences such as accelerated loss of calcium in bones, and known as Osteoporosis (when the cause decreased fragility and breaks without being hit or dropped). Another consequence of the lack hormonal reflected in heart function leading to increased cholesterol and fats in the blood which increases the risk for a heart attack. At this time also can match the thyroid gland to stop working or develop diabetes.

First of all symptoms and ailments, treatments. One very effective is to take care and have a great attitude, besides being very well informed. You have to live this new stage of life with a smile, and physical activity habits, not fail!