Polycystic Ovarian Disease

It is estimated that 10% of women in the reproductive age have Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOS for short). They usually have high level of androgens, which are male hormones, and have an irregular or don't have menstrual cycle at all.

Other symptoms of PCOS are:

	infrequent menstrual periods,
	no menstrual periods, and/or
	irregular bleeding
	infertility or inability to get pregnant because of not ovulating
	increased growth of hair on the face, chest, stomach, back, thumbs, or toes
	acne, oily skin, or dandruff
	pelvic pain weight gain or obesity, usually carrying extra weight around the waist
	type 2 diabetes
	high cholesterol
	high blood pressure male-pattern baldness or thinning hair
	patches of thickened and dark brown or black skin on the neck, arms, breasts, or thighs
	skin tags, or tiny excess flaps of skin in the armpits or neck area
	sleep apnea ? excessive snoring and breathing stops at times while asleep

Polycystic Ovarian Disease Laparoscopy Video

This polycystic ovarian disease laparoscopy video shows a procedure called ovarian drilling. In the video, the right side ovary is being held by a forceps, while the instrument with a very fine needle is being brought to the ovary. The needle carries electric current, which destroys small portions of the ovary. It must be done with precision and it takes a skilled laparoscopic surgeon to do that. To be a good candidate for the procedure, the woman must have a bit larger ovaries.

There is an excellent video at this page, go and see it.

How to Avoid Hysterectomy

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Reiki Healing in Gynecology

We sometimes tend to think of Reiki as of unspecific energy, kind of a broad wave that engulfs and permeats all levels of one's being and thus, works in the fundamentals -- slowly. But here are the links to several concrete examples how Reiki can be the only type of energy that is needed for healing cancer, nods in the breasts, heavy bleedings, cervical problems and -- as they in ads -- much more!

This page will just contain links and short stories of Reiki healings in gynecology. The examples are from the most visited site on Reiki in the entire Internet, www.reiki.org.

Reiki and Uterine Cancer
A woman with distended lower abdomen, a scan showing a large tumor in the uterus, probably cancerous. She was scheduled for the operation and in the mean time she was give three Reiki treatments one hour long, by a three Reiki practitioners at the same time. When she went to the hospital, no tumor could be found.

There is much more on this page, if you like Reiki or must get rid of the fibroids, read the entire page on Reiki healing in gynecology.

Hysteroscopy Of Intramural Fibroids Video

This is a hysteroscopy of intramural fibroids video, of a 48 year old woman with extremely heavy periods and two intramural fibroids. "Intramural" here means "inside the walls" -- the fibroids are in the uterine wall and cannot be seen through a hysteroscopy like this. The endometrial cavity looks normal, slightly enlarged but otherwise nothing wrong with it. However, this patient has extreme menstrual bleedings and the ultrasound reveals that the cause of the bleeding is two intramural fibroids.

In this video you can also see the openings to the Fallopian tubes. Everything is normal, but the patient is heading to endometrial ablation anyway.

Endometrial Ablation For Submucous Leiomyoma Video

This is an endometrial ablation for submucous leiomyoma video, performed on a woman 41 of age. (Leiomyoma or myoma for short, is tumor of uterine muscle, usually called fibroid.) The woman was diagnosed with unresponsive menorrhagia; menorrhagia stands for "excessive bleeding", and unresponsive menorrhagia usually leads to a hysterectomy, because the doctors start thinking that nothing can save the day. Operative hysteroscopy enables one to avoid hysterectomy by controlling the conditions of uterine bleeding.

In this case, the method chosen was operative hysteroscopy, using an electrical loop. The electricity in the loop removes the segments of the fibroid.

Removing the fibroid is done in little steps, because the loop is small and can only cut away small parts one at a time. Once the largest part of the fibroid is removed, the surgeon proceeds with another instrument, GyneCare VersaPoint, which is a bipolar cuttery instrument to finish the cauterization and endometrial ablation of the uterine cavity.

In the end, the entire endometrium is removed and there will be no more bleeding for this patient.

Roller Ball Endometrial Ablation For Endometrial Polyp Video

This is an roller ball endometrial ablation for polyp video, performed on a woman 55 of age, with a diagnosis of unresponsive menorrhagia because of the presence of an endometrial polyp.

Menorrhagia stands for "excessive bleeding", and unresponsive menorrhagia usually leads to a hysterectomy, because the doctors start thinking that nothing can save the day.

The method of endometrial ablation chosen was operative hysteroscopy. The endometrial polyp is cut away with a roller ball. Most hysterectomies arise due to unresponsive uterine bleeding, but surgeries such as this help avoid hysterectomy by controlling the possible cause of it.

Endometrial Ablation For Fibroids Video

Endometrial Ablation For Fibroids Video

This is an endometrial ablation for fibroids video, performed on a woman of 350 lbs, with high risk of severe anemia, with a diagnosis of unresponsive menorrhagia.

Menorrhagia stands for "excessive bleeding", so this woman was not a candidate for a full hysterectomy. She had a fibroid in the uterus, several polyps, and a thickened endometrial tissue, which was the mechanical cause of bleeding.

The method of endometral ablation here used was operative hysteroscopy, the instrument chosen is GyneCare VersaPoint...