Dr. Alex Pavlenko, Obs & Gyn

24/07/2025

"😱 40 Years with a Stone Baby!"

🪨 Lithopedion – The “Stone Baby” Phenomenon 👶
These stunning CT scans show a 73-year-old woman with a lithopedion, or “stone baby” – one of the rarest medical conditions ever recorded.

What is it? 🤔
When a fetus dies during an abdominal (ectopic) pregnancy and cannot be absorbed or expelled, the mother’s body “mummifies” and calcifies the fetus to protect itself from infection. The term comes from Greek: lithos (stone) + paidion (child).

How rare? 🌍
Since the 16th century, fewer than 400 cases have been reported! Many women live for decades unaware of it, with discovery often happening by accident during scans — just like in this case.

History flash 📜:
The oldest known lithopedion was found in a 92-year-old woman — she had carried it for over 60 years!

Why does this happen?❓️
The human body has incredible self-preservation mechanisms. When it cannot expel something dangerous, it can isolate and calcify it — a natural defense to protect the mother’s life.
These 3D CT images remind us how amazing and protective the human body can be.

12/03/2025

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It is possible and even necessary‼️ to treat teeth during pregnancy. You should not tolerate toothache, it is stressful for the expectant mother and baby. In addition, oral sanitation is also indicated for other reasons: to remove areas of chronic infections and reduce the risk of complications.
Urgent treatment is required for caries, periodontitis, inflammatory diseases of the gums and soft tissues: gingivitis, periodontitis. Also, urgent care is indicated for injuries, such as a fracture of the tooth root, chips, cracks, and the need for surgical intervention for abscesses, etc. In some cases, orthodontic, orthopedic treatment, as well as whitening, can be postponed. For example, the installation of braces or one dental implant can be postponed to a more favorable time, after the birth of the baby.
During tooth treatment doctor can use any materials according to the indications. The lamps used for curing are NOT harmful to the fetus.
🙃Dental treatment during pregnancy can be accompanied by high-quality pain relief. The specialist selects antibiotics which can be used during pregnancy, carefully weighing the potential danger in the absence of treatment and the possible harm to the fetus. There are antibiotics that are approved for use during pregnancy and do NOT have a teratogenic effect.
First trimester — remineralizing therapy, professional teeth cleaning without ultrasound exposure are allowed.
Dental treatment in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy — from the 13th to the 24th week — is the safest period 🫶

26/12/2023

Bilateral theca lutein cysts in a normal term pregnancy🤰
An ovarian theca lutein cyst is a pathological formation in the tissues of internal organs, which are filled with atretic follicles formed from layers of thecal lutein cells. This type of disease is the most common among tumor diseases of the cyst glands (by 10%). These neoplasms known to be associated with twins, molar pregnancy and erythroblastosis fetalis, but they are only rarely associated with a normal singleton pregnancy. Their natural course is postpartum spontaneous regression. 🧑‍🏫

29/11/2022

Do you know how or**sm is in females?🤔

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06/04/2022

👨‍🏫Uroge***al chlamydia is the most common s*xually transmitted disease. At least 10-15% of young s*xually active people are infected with 🦠chlamydia. Chlamydia occurs 2-3 times more often than gonorrhea. Given that chlamydia often occurs without pronounced symptoms. The main danger of chlamydia lies in the complications that it causes.
💄In women, 87% are lesions of the cervix: erosion, cervicitis, dysplasia, and inflammation of the adnexa, which in turn leads to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, pathology of fetal development, infection of the newborn. In 68% of cases, chlamydia causes acute urethral syndrome - frequent painful 🤬urination.
In addition to various complications of the ge***al organs, chlamydia causes damage to other organs: eyes 👀 (chlamydial conjunctivitis), joints, skin, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, central nervous🧠 and cardiovascular systems. About chlamydia, we can say with confidence that it is much easier to avoid than cure.
❗️Therefore, you should follow the rules of s*xual hygiene, which will protect against various s*xually transmitted diseases:
🔹permanent s*xual partner and complete trust;
🔹refusal of casual s*x and a double method of protection: a condom plus local vaginal products
🔹at the slightest suspicion of infection, contact the doctor.
😲It is very interesting that animals also get sick with chlamydia. Koalas 🐨are one of the important symbols of Australia, but these animals are becoming less and less. The reason for their extinction lies in the fact that the animals suffer from real venereal diseases, in particular from chlamydia.
A specific strain of chlamydia is dangerous for koalas, different from the virus that infects humans.
Also according to scientists from 🇦🇺Australia, birds can be infected with a strain of Chlamydia psittaci similar to Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes a flu-like🤧 illness and can be transmitted to people who have direct contact with an infected bird.
It is worth noting that Australian authorities have previously reported cases of human infection with Chlamydia psittaci from birds🦜. So, in the Australian city of Bright (Victoria), 16 people became infected with Chlamydia psittaci as a result of contact with bird droppings💩 while working in the garden.

08/02/2022

Looks like a really impossible is possible 😉🤯

In a rare case, a 33-year-old woman in Canada found there was a foetus growing inside her liver.