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Causes of Postmenopausal bleeding
Postmenopausal bleeding is caused by abnormal bleeding from the uterus, cervix, vagina, or nearby tissues after menstruation has permanently stopped. In biological terms, it develops when the tissues of the reproductive tract become fragile,…
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Symptoms of Postmenopausal bleeding
What are the symptoms of postmenopausal bleeding? The defining symptom is any vaginal bleeding that occurs after menopause, when menstrual periods have already stopped for at least 12 months. The bleeding may be light…
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Treatment for Preterm premature rupture of membranes
What treatments are used for preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)? Management is usually centered on a combination of close monitoring, antibiotics, corticosteroids, and carefully timed delivery , with additional procedures used in selected…
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Causes of Reactive arthritis
Reactive arthritis develops after the immune system responds abnormally to an infection elsewhere in the body, most often in the gut or the urinary tract. The key cause is not joint infection itself, but…
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Prevention of Rabies
Rabies can usually be prevented, but only if the chain of exposure is interrupted before the virus reaches the central nervous system. Once rabies virus has entered peripheral nerves and moved into the brain,…
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Diagnosis of Rabies
Rabies is diagnosed through a combination of exposure history, clinical assessment, and laboratory testing. Because the disease is caused by a neurotropic virus that travels from peripheral tissues into the central nervous system, the…
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Causes of Rabies
Rabies is caused by infection with the rabies virus, a neurotropic virus in the genus Lyssavirus that enters the body through infected saliva, usually after an animal bite. The disease does not arise spontaneously;…