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27/01/2025

EAT YOUR WATER

27/01/2025

26/01/2025

BEST TIME TO EAT

26/01/2025

🤰 During pregnancy, the cervix acts as a barrier, staying firm and closed to protect the fetus and prevent infections.

As labor nears, the cervix softens, thins (effaces), and opens (dilates) to prepare for childbirth. Contractions during active labor further aid dilation, allowing the baby to descend into the birth canal.

Once fully dilated (10 cm), pushing begins, or the fetal ejection reflex may occur, facilitating delivery. The cervix is vital in supporting pregnancy and enabling childbirth.

25/12/2024

*Sleep apnea* is a potentially serious disorder that causes repeated stopping and starting of breathing while sleeping.

The main types of sleep apnea are:

- *Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)*, which is the more common form that occurs when throat muscles relax and block the flow of air into the lungs.
- *Central sleep apnea (CSA)* , which occurs when the brain doesn't send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing.
- *Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea* , also known as complex sleep apnea, which happens when someone has OSA.

Symptoms could include:
- Loud snoring
- Hypersomnia
- Gasping for air during sleep
- Insomnia
- Irritability, etc.

02/10/2024

Semen abnormalities 👩‍⚕️

08/07/2024

Folate in the form of folic acid is used to treat anemia caused by folate deficiency.[3] Folic acid is also used as a supplement by women during pregnancy to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in the baby.[3][10] Low levels in early pregnancy are believed to be the cause of more than half of babies born with NTDs.[1] More than 80 countries use either mandatory or voluntary fortification of certain foods with folic acid as a measure to decrease the rate of NTDs.[11] Long-term supplementation with relatively large amounts of folic acid is associated with a small reduction in the risk of stroke[12] and an increased risk of prostate cancer.[13] There are concerns that large amounts of supplemental folic acid can hide vitamin B12 deficiency.[1]

Not consuming enough folate can lead to folate deficiency.[1] This may result in a type of anemia in which red blood cells become abnormally large.[1] Symptoms may include feeling tired, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, open sores on the tongue, and changes in the color of the skin or hair.[1] Folate deficiency in children may develop within a month of poor dietary intake.[14] In adults, normal total body folate is between 10 and 30 mg with about half of this amount stored in the liver and the remainder in blood and body tissues.[1] In plasma, the natural folate range is 150 to 450 nM.[15]

Folate was discovered between 1931 and 1943.[16] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[17] In 2021, it was the 77th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 8 million prescriptions.[18][19] The term "folic" is from the Latin word folium (which means leaf) because it was found in dark-green leafy vegetables

07/07/2024

Topical creams or vaginal suppositories are the recommended yeast infection treatment options during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. Over-the-counter medications such as Miconazole, Clotrimazole, and Terconazole have been shown to eliminate a yeast infection safely and effectively.