Caesarean Sections - Only For Emergencies

The pregnant women are generally opting for caesarean section these days. Though, one needs to think it again to go for caesarean section. The main dis-advantage of C - section is that it might pose a treat in your baby’s respiratory organ. As per the research it has been found out that the caesarean baby are 4 times more prone to respiration problems than those delivered through normal vaginal delivery. The maximum elective C- section is done on 37th or 38th week of the pregnancy which is again not good to baby’s health.

The research done indicated that only 2.8% babies born through vaginal delivery on 37th week are prone to breathing problem against 10% of babies born by caesarean section. If done on 39th month, this figure drops drastically with only 1.1 % babies getting affected if delivered through vaginal delivery and 2.1 percent for caesarean infants. The babies who face respiratory problems are placed in incubators and are given oxygen treatment.

Caesarean Procedure was first used as a life saving treatment for the baby and mother and should be utilized for that purpose only. The pregnant women should try to give a normal vaginal birth to the babies to ensure better chances of delivering the healthier babies.

General Anesthesia - The Drawbacks

In modern time, generally the patient takes for granted the usage of anesthesia by the doctors, in order to curb us from the painful experience during surgery. But it had not been this simple before. A several years of experimentation has gone, which even led to deaths and some horrid results before invent of safe anesthesia.

The first usage of anesthesia was done in 1982 by Dr. Crawford W. Long of Athens, Ga during an operation. It came into prominence in the year 1844 by Dr. Horace Wells, a dentist of Hartford, Conn., as he inhaled the gas to painlessly extract his tooth. A lot of care needs to be administered while using any form of anesthesia, be it general anesthesia or local anesthesia.

Angiography - Knowing The Top Medical Term

Angiography is a technique of examining the internal organs of the human body. Normally during the angiography procedure, veins, arteries and heart chambers are normally scrutinized. The angiography process can be divided into many types like cerebral angiography, x ray study blood vessels, pulmonary angiography, coronary angiography, kidney angiography as per the patients' requirement.

One of the most common types of angiography is Coronary angiography. It is done to envisage the blood in the coronary arteries. In this form of angiography a long, thin, flexible tube called a catheter is utilized to manage the x-ray disparity agent at the desired area. It is then beaded into an artery in the groin or forearm.