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| DiseasesDB | 4025 |
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| eMedicine | med/3280 |
Dystocia (antonym eutocia) is an abnormal or difficult childbirth or labour. The Diseases Database is a free Website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions Symptoms, and Medications. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors In Lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male: female, long: short Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a Human Pregnancy or Can also be related to livestock. Dystocia may arise due to incoordinate uterine activity, abnormal fetal lie or presentation, or absolute or relative cephalopelvic disproportion. Oxytocin is commonly used to treat incoordinate uterine activity. Oxytocin ( IPA: /ˌɔksɪˈtoʊsɪn/ (Greek "quick birth" is a Mammalian Hormone that also acts as a Neurotransmitter in the However, pregnancies complicated by dystocia often end with assisted deliveries including forceps, ventouse or, commonly, caesarean section. Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female Forceps are a handheld hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects Ventouse is a Vacuum device used to assist the delivery of a Baby when labour has not progressed adequately A Caesarean section (or Cesarean section in American English) also known as C-section, is a form of Childbirth in which a surgical Recognized risks of dystocia include fetal death, respiratory depression, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, and brachial nerve damage.
Shoulder dystocia is a specific case of dystocia whereby the anterior shoulder of the infant cannot pass below the pubic symphysis, or requires significant manipulation to pass below the pubic symphysis. Shoulder dystocia is a specific case of Dystocia whereby after the delivery of the head the anterior Shoulder of the Infant cannot pass below the pubic The pubic symphysis is the midline cartilaginous Joint (secondary cartilaginous uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones. The pubic symphysis is the midline cartilaginous Joint (secondary cartilaginous uniting the superior rami of the left and right pubic bones.
A prolonged second stage of labour is another type of tocia whereby the fetus has not been delivered within three hours after the mother's cervix has become fully dilated.
Synonyms: difficult labour, abnormal labour, difficult childbirth, abnormal childbirth, dysfunctional labour
Dystocia pertaining to birds and reptiles is also called egg binding. See egg bound. In Farming and Animal husbandry, the term egg bound refers to a condition in laying hens where a hen is unable to pass an egg that has formed
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