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Umbilical cord length varies, with a range of 35–70 cm at birth being regarded as normal. Both shorter and longer cords are associated with increased rates of intrapartum complications. UC length is thus a significant factor when assessing fetal risk. Antenatal estimation of cord length is however extremely difficult. Traction force produced by fetal movements in the first trimester is assumed to be the crucial growth stimulus of the cord. A short UC is thus associated with reduced fetal movement and all its respective causes (e.g. malformation, myopathies, neuropathies, oligohydramnios). What is a short umbilical cord? An umbilical cord is considered short if it is less than 35 cm at term, although some researchers and clinicians consider 40 cm or even 45 cm to be short. Complications of short umbilical cords for the baby including: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) Cerebral palsy Umbilical cord rupture Breech presentation Miscarriage/sti...

Stories has it that nomads of sub-saharan Africa has a rite or culture of having sex with their cattle's. The veracity of this claim is yet to be verified. Recently somewhere in northern Nigeria, certain sheep was found to have delivered of what looks like a human baby with animal features. There's great suspicion that this could be a product of bestiality. Bestiality is a word describing sex between a human and an animal. There are few things stranger or more repulsive than bestiality, but this is the worse form of human relations. When you say bestiality, you can hear the word beast, which is a good clue to the meaning. People who are into bestiality like having sex with animals. It doesn't matter what animal is involved: if someone is having sex with something alive that's not a person, it's bestiality. Bestiality is illegal and usually considered very wrong and harmful to everyone involved. In the 1970s, world ren...

A very hysterical parent came running to the hospital when they observed the persistent growing of their 8 months old baby's breasts, they needed answers to douse their fears. So the doctor requested for a breast examination for the infant. Ultrasound report shows no unusual growth, cyst or malign/benign mass. It was just normal breasts tissue. It's normal for newborn babies (boys and girls) to have swollen, enlarged breasts and/or lumps under the nipple. They're almost always benign and due to exposure to maternal hormones in the womb. The same hormones that cause the mother's breasts to swell and stimulates milk glands can do the same to the baby's breasts. What is premature thelarche? Premature thelarche is enlargement of the breasts in infant girls. Most often, breast enlargement is the only abnormality. It is occasionally the first sign of early (precocious) puberty. This is more likely if the breasts become enlarged after ages ...

There has been an increasing concerns in connection to the abuse of prescription drugs around the world. A more subtle but terrifying trend which began in the 2000's is the use of paracetamol for cooking meat, mostly seen among food vendors. According to our findings, the reason these food vendors use paracetamol in cooking meat is to tenderize the meat to avoid the long hours of boiling in order to meet the increasing demands of their customers. Hard meat tends to take so long on the fire to soften but adding the paracetamol to it softens it quickly reducing the amount of time to cook it naturally but bear it in mind that it has some serious health complications. Studies have shown that, when the drug is used for cooking, it breaks down into other forms which may not possess its original properties as a pain killer and thus could lead to high acidity. Also, when this process occurs, the drug is hydrolysed into what we call 4-aminophenol, which is ...