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Lochia. In the field of obstetrics, lochia is the vaginal discharge after giving birth, containing blood, mucus, and uterine tissue. [ 1] Lochia discharge typically continues for four to eight weeks after childbirth, [ 2] a time known as the postpartum period or puerperium. A 2016 review ties this "lochial period" to worldwide customs of ...
Café au lait spots, or café au lait macules, are flat, hyperpigmented birthmarks. [ 1] The name café au lait is French for "coffee with milk" and refers to their light-brown color. They are caused by a collection of pigment-producing melanocytes in the epidermis of the skin. [ 2] These spots are typically permanent and may grow or increase ...
Brown blotch disease is a bacterial infection that affects nearly every species of mushroom. The infecting bacteria, Pseudomonas tolaasii, produces the toxin tolaasin that causes brown spots to cover the surface of the mushroom. Brown blotch disease is especially problematic on common mushroom farms, where it can spread quickly and cause huge ...
The Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States.In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces on May 21, and the telegraphed news of the severe attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—responded violently.
Irregular menstruation. Intermenstrual bleeding ( IMB) is vaginal bleeding at irregular intervals between expected menstrual periods. [ 1] It may be associated with bleeding with sexual intercourse. [ 2] In some women, menstrual spotting between periods occurs as a normal and harmless part of ovulation. Some women experience acute mid-cycle ...
Grey Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks, the part of the body between the last rib and the top of the hip. The bruising appears as a blue discoloration, [ 1] and is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage, or bleeding behind the peritoneum, which is a lining of the abdominal cavity. Grey Turner's sign takes 24–48 hours to develop ...
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage ( SAH) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space —the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain. [ 1] Symptoms may include a severe headache of rapid onset, vomiting, decreased level of consciousness, fever, weakness, numbness, and sometimes seizures. [ 1]