What is Pneumaturia? Pneumaturia is the term for passing gas in the urine. This may appear as gas bubbles in the urine and the passage of gas from the urethra during urination. Pneumaturia should be taken seriously as it is an indication of a compromised urinary tract which could progress to other complications if left >> Read More ...
Flatulence is the act of passing gas through the anus which is a normal part of human physiology. It is not usually reported as a symptom unless it is excessive resulting in frequent passing of flatus. The term flatulent is therefore accepted as excessive flatulence or frequent flatulence, in excess of the 15 to 20 times a >> Read More ...
Diagnosis of Endometriosis Endometriosis, like other medical conditions, should be diagnosed as early as possible for the best prognosis. Most women visit a gynecologist to investigate one or more of the prominent endometriosis symptoms – pelvic pain worse during menstruation, irregular menses and/or difficulty >> Read More ...
There are two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which are responsible for the various processes associated with the sexual characteristics in females. Both estrogen and progestrone are mainly produced in the ovaries along with a small quantity of testosterone (androgen – male sex hormone). The production >> Read More ...
The urinary bladder lies in the lesser pelvis in adults and the lower part of the abdomen in adolescents. When distended, the adult bladder rises into the greater pelvis and in some individuals, it can extend into the lower abdomen. Bladder pain (cystalgia, cystodynia) may arise for a number of reasons including infectious >> Read More ...
What is Whipple surgery? Whipple Procedure Complications of Whipple Procedure The Whipple procedure is associated with an operative mortality of 2 to 5% even when performed by the most experienced surgeons. The risk of operative mortality and morbidity has been found to be higher in hospitals where the procedure is >> Read More ...
Whipple surgery is the procedure conducted for operable cancers of the pancreas. The procedure involves removal of the head, neck and uncinate process of pancreas along with the lower end of stomach, pylorus, the distal common bile duct, the entire duodenum and often the gall bladder. The reconstruction procedure is also >> Read More ...
Whipple surgery is a major surgical procedure involving the gastrointestinal organs like the distal part of stomach (latter portion), part of pancreas and duodenum (first part of the small intestine). The medical term for Whipple surgery is pancreaticoduodenectomy. It is a standard procedure for certain cases of pancreatic >> Read More ...
What is urethritis? Urethritis is the medical term for inflammation of the urethra, the muscular tube that carries urine from the bladder to pass it out into the external environment. Due to the frequency of urethritis occurring as a result of an infection, it is often accepted that the term urethritis is due to >> Read More ...
The urethra is the muscular tube that runs from the bladder to the external urethral orifice where it carries urine from the bladder to be expelled into the environment. In men, the urethra traverses the prostate gland, passes along the penis to terminate at the glans penis (penis tip). With women, the urethra is much >> Read More ...
