Гипертиреоз – Hypertheriosis

As well, plaques of atheroma collect and may ulcerate through the lining, leaving a raw surface. Platelets from the blood may be deposited on these raw surfaces to form a clot.

There are many factors which can lead to the formation of atheroma. These are:

Heredity — a history of heart attacks at an early age in parents or grandparents

High levels of blood fats (lipids) — cholesterol and triglycerides

High blood pressure

Obesity

Cigarette smoking — this increases the risk four to six times

Nervous tension

Lack of physical exercise

Most of these factors are reversible and there is no doubt that high fat levels are a cause. What is debated is whether you can do anything about changing the level of fat in the blood.

A diet high in animal fat tends to increase the amount of cholesterol and a high intake of refined carbohydrate increases the level of triglyceride. Changing the diet may reduce this factor and so reduce the risk.

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A threatened miscarriage is where there is bleeding from the vagina during the course of pregnancy. This may settle down and the pregnancy proceed to term. But if the cervix dilates and the membranes rupture, then the term used is inevitable abortion.

Incomplete abortion means that some placental tissue has been retained within the uterus or womb.

This miscarriage is usually associated with bleeding which may be heavy, and pain, backache or lower abdominal cramp, just like a mini-labor.

Very few miscarriages are complete — that is, all the products of conception completely discharged.

Most doctors would consider that all cases of miscarriage require the operation of D and Ñ — dilatation and curettage — to remove the products of conception.

If the womb is not completely emptied, then the retained placental tissue may cause infection or, later on, heavy or irregular periods.

A missed abortion is where death of the foetus has occurred. The symptoms of pregnancy disappear, but there may be no bleeding.

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