HPV Transmission

It's been assumed that HPV can only be transmitted by contact with the surfaces that the virus lives on, such as the skin or membrane layers known as epithelium. Many gynos will translate epithelium for the patients to be "skin like" because it has many flat layers. Knowing that the virus likes these surfaces, it's the genital tract surface is where we think the virus lives. The location of the virus can explain then the way transmission has most likely occurred. But recently it has come to light that HPV is one of the most common infections in semen. In Italy, and reported in the Andrology section of the November 20011 issue of Fertility and Sterility a group has now reported, that 1/10 young men, who have no symptoms at all, will have HPV detectable in their semen. Exactly what this new information means is confusing. For instance will this be a risk for women getting donor insemination, and how would it affect the quality of the sperm themselves, and can the processing techniques for donor insemination eliminate this infection. Currently it is thought that HPV infection of semen is not a problem for fertilization, but more of a risk of transmission to an uninfected partner. Currently there are still no HPV tests for men. So the strategy has to be to vigilantly screen female partners. So as we move to doing less frequent routine pap smears, it would be important to perhaps continue to screen those getting donor insemination on a yearly basis.

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Passing Your Uterine Lining, Menstrual Period Norms

Decidual Cast Periods can be fairly easy, passing some tissue at a time, or off can come the whole lining in one piece called a decidual cast. Generally the lining of the uterus is only 6-8 mm thick at the time of the menstrual period, and it is shed gradually, a few cells at a time. The decidual cast is when the entire lining passes spontaneously. It's not uncommon, but it usually both uncomfortable, and alarming to some. But us women are designed to have some sort of periods Or Not? We have to pass tissue each month. Or Not? Are they good for us? Or Not? Do we want them? Or Not? Is this something that is individual? Or Not? It's a complex topic that I will be discussing a lot over my time in this blog. So lets start with basics: How much do we bleed and what are we loosing, and just what was this that the patient passed? And another basic: track your periods, and the Women's Health Practice site http://www.womenshealthpractice.com/media/pdf/menstrual_chart.pdf you

Endocervial polyps

2 cm Endometrial Polyp After Removal Polyps in the cervix are almost never cancerous, but can bleed or get infected and should be removed. The are not directly related to an endometrial or uterine polyp (which is a precancerous condition), but your gyno may want to make sure these two conditions do not co-exist.

Irregular Periods can Be the Sign of Other Medical Conditions

Heavy menstrual Bleeding Menstrual Period Norms The menstrual period's normal physiologic function to shed the lining and then prepare the lining for a pregnancy. Thus a sample of the lining under the microsope looks like it has glands within tissue. It’s hard to know if this is a heavy period, or one that is really so heavy that you need treatment without really checking completely with your gyno! Experts have used a number of definitions to determine if the period you are having is too heavy. Your perception is important. The actual amount of blood lost is important, but that can be determined by collecting each pad and weighing them before and after blood collection. So gynos have struggled with how to determine the formal definition of heavy bleeding. A basic check up, and a basic blood count, is not going to really make your version of heavy periods fit the typical “FDA” approved definition because that is defined by the exact amount of blood lost, which is los

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