Physio for health

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Antiphospholipid syndrome: A condition caused by your immune system mistakenly attacking healthy cells in your body. It can increase your risk of blood clots and of pregnancy complications such as recurrent miscarriage or stillbirth.

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Anomaly scan A detailed ultrasound scan offered between 18 and 21 weeks of pregnancy which checks for physical conditions than may affect your baby. It cannot detect all conditions.

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Anaphylaxis- Anaphylaxis is a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that needs immediate treatment.

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Anaesthesia: Using medications to stop you feeling sensations, such as pain. This ranges from numbing small parts of the body using injections (local anaesthetic) to putting you to sleep for a procedure or operation (general anaesthesia).

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Amniotic sac: The pregnancy sac containing the baby and the amniotic fluid. It is sometimes also called "the membranes".

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Amniotic fluid: The watery liquid surrounding and protecting the growing fetus in the uterus.

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Amniocentesis: A way of testing the fluid surrounding a baby in the womb by taking a small sample with a needle put into the womb through the abdomen. It can be carried out after the 15th week of pregnancy, and can detect some conditions, like Down syndrome.

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: Scars that connect two or more body structures together

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Adenomyosis: Endometriosis in the muscle wall of the uterus.