HEALTH LESSON 2

• The health of women during pregnancy , childbirth and post partum.

  maternal health
• This happens when a Fertilized Egg implants in the uterus and does not develop into an embryo

  blighted ovum
• Also known as an embryonic  pregnancy

  blighted ovum
• When a fertilized egg implants itself outside of the womb usually in one of the fallopian tube

  Ectopic pregnancy
• Enumerate 3 ways to treat an eptopic pregnancy

  1. Removal of fallopian tube, ovary , or both
  2. Laparoscopic surgery
  3. Medication that stops the growth of pregnancy tissue
• A common endocrine system disorder among women to reproductive age

  Polycystic ovary syndrome
• enumerate the 3 ways to treat PCOS

  1. Early diagnosis and treatment
  2. Weightloss
• The most common benign tumors in women

  Also known as uterine fibroids

  Myoma
• What does Benign mean?

  non cancerous
• Enumerate the way to treat myoma

  Hysterectomy
• A condition that pregnant women develop marked by high blood pressure and who have not previously experienced high blood pressure before

  Preeclampsia
• Formerly known as toxemia

  preeclampsia
• A condition that occurs during pregnancy when the placenta is abnormally placed, and partially covers the cervix

  Placenta previa
• Enumerate the 3 types of placenta previa

  1. Low lying placenta
  2. partial placenta previa
  3. total placenta previa
• Happens when the body cannot effectively process sugar and starch leading to high blood sugar levels in the bloodstream

  Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
• Postnatal period is the most critical and yet most neglected phase in the lives of mothers and the babies

  Post-partum