Post-partum thyroiditis--a clinical update

Post-partum thyroiditis can be painful.

A patient with post-partum thyroiditis is described. She was a 22 year old with a negative family history of autoimmune thyroid disease who was noted to have a high titre of antithyroid microsomal antibody during pregnancy. She developed mild hyperthyroidism 8 weeks post-partum but at 12 weeks she had a mildly painful enlarged thyroid gland. At 20 weeks post-partum she had severe thyroidal pain...

Post-Partum Haemorrhage.

Post-partum haemorrhage is defined as being "excessive bleeding from any part of the genital tract after the birth of a child." Some authorities make a hair-splitting definition and describe intra-partum haemorrhage when excessive bleeding occurs before the placenta has been delivered, and confine the term post-partum haemorrhage to excessive bleeding after the completion of the third stage of ...

Post-Partum Ovariotomy

It is generally agreed that when an ovarian tumour is found complicating pregnancy it should be immediately removed. Delay in operating increases the risk to the mother, and the chances of disturbing the course of pregnancy are likewise less the earlier the condition is recognised and treated. The literature on this subject is almost endless, as shown, for example, by a glance at the index of t...

Post-Partum Complications

Mr. President and Gentlemen,?I wish to bring before you to-night some of the abnormal conditions which may arise after the birth of the child and placenta. I do not, of course, intend that this paper should be in any way exhaustive of the subject, but simply to lay before you certain post-partum abnormalities which, although not of frequent occurrence, yet occur sufficiently often to merit atte...

Post-Partum Eclampsia