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Psiatic Nerve Anatomy

The psciatic nerve is the longest and biggest nerve of the body. It runs from the lower spine up to the back portion of the knee. At it’s thickest portion, it can have a measurement of three quarters of an inch in diameter and is responsible for several sensations and bodily movements executed by an individual in most of the lower half extremities of the body.

One of the main functions of the psciatic nerve is related to the hip and knee movements. It is also responsible for the feet movement and acts as the bridge between the lower part of the body, the spinal cord and the brain.

Psciatic Nerve Complications

Once the psciatic nerve is compressed, it can lead to medical condition called sciatica. It results to mild tingling sensation which may result to serious pain discomfort along the two psciatic nerves of the human body. If this happens, it will trigger a burning sensation, numbness, pain and tingling feeling along the base of the spine to other areas connected by the psciatic nerve.

Patients who have suffered from this condition associate the pain which they have experienced to an electric shock. It often strikes when an individual takes a step or bends over apparently because the psciatic nerve may have been constricted by the muscles, cartilage or bones of the body.

Anyone who encountered accidents should be mindful of this condition because it could lead to more serious complications if left attended to immediately.

Sciatic Nerve Anatomy

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Over 750,000 women are suffering from acute pelvic inflammatory diseases and approximately one (1) in every eight (8) sexually active adolescent have a chance of developing pelvic inflammatory disease symptoms the moment even before they reach the age of twenty (20).

What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease  is an infection which occurs in the uterus lining, ovaries and fallopian tubes of women yet Pelvic inflammatory disease men is also known to exist which is medically defined as inflammation in the penis.

Chlamydia

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What are the Signs of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

PID in women and men vary from one another. Women Pelvic Inflammatory Disease patients are most likely to experience pain or tenderness in their lower abdomen, fever and chills, bleeding between their menstrual periods, pain during sexual intercourse, nausea and vomiting, increase or sudden decrease of vaginal discharge and frequent or painful urination. As for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease men symptoms it is characterized by the experience of pain or burning sensation during urination and pus-like discharge from the penis which is quite similar with symptoms of other sexually transmitted disease like gonorrhea and Chlamydia.

What are Cervical Polyps?

Cervical polyps are small, soft, abnormal fingerlike growths which protrude on the mouth of the cervix, the part of the uterus which is also referred to as the neck of the womb. This is very typically during pregnancy and is attributed to hormonal changes which occur in the body of the woman. During this stage, she may have more than one polyp which can grow in the mouth of her cervix.

Cervical polyps are often less than one centimeter in diameter and are distinguished due to its bright red color and spongy texture. This may be found attached to the cervix through a stalk or at times it may prolapse into the vagina wherein it is often mistaken as a submucosal fibroid or endometrial polyps. Only less than 1% of cervical polyp show neoplastic changes and form cervical cancer.

Are cervical Polyps Cancerous?

Almost 99% of polyps are not cervical cancers but it may cause blockage to the cervix which will result to pregnancy related problems. Moreover, once removed it is very unlikely to re-grow.

Nevertheless, doctors always recommend a biopsy examination of the polyp just to guarantee that it is not cancerous in any way. Furthermore, patients should never be hesitant when the doctor recommends that it be removed through surgery because there is a possibility that it may grow in size and pose more danger to the body.

Cervix

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Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer that affects the prostate gland, which is found in the male reproductive system. Today there are different prostate cancer treatment techniques and the treatments vary from one person to another.  The treatment also depends on the risk group that the patient falls into. There are three groups into which cancer patients are usually grouped under such as low risk, intermediate risk and high risk.

Brachytherapy

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Low risk cancer refers to the early stage prostate cancer when the cancer is just within the prostate glands. In most of the cases, low risk cancer is curable and there are two prostate treatment options and one management option available to the patient. The two options are surgery, radiation therapy and active surveillance is the patient management form. In radiation therapy the methods used are either radioactive tumor seeding which is also known as brachytherapy or external beam radiation. Active surveillance is a form of patient management which is also known as watchful waiting or expectant management and is not a form of treatment. Hormone therapy is another option that medical practitioners often use when treating patients with advanced stages of cancer as well as for older men. Chemotherapy is also another treatment method that is used in prostate cancer treatment however this form of treatment only plays a very limited role in treating this condition. This method too is a form of treatment that is reserved mostly in the case of recurrent prostate cancer or in the case of advanced prostate cancer.