Understanding Miscarriage

Overview A missed miscarriage is also known as silent miscarriage. While most missed miscarriage happen in the first trimester (before week 12 of pregnancy), some women do experience a late missed miscarriage in the second trimester (between week 13 to 28 of pregnancy). In fact, the implications of late missed miscarriage can be more complicated and cause recurrent late miscarriages…

Mature cystic teratoma (MCT), a benign tumour commonly called the dermoid cyst, is the most common type of ovarian germ cell tumours. Over 80% of cases present in reproductive periods, especially in women under the age of 40. Malignant transformation (MT) is a rare and the worst complication of MCT that occurs in 1–3% of cases, especially postmenopausal women. Nearly…

Overview: Massive ovarian cysts (MOCs) are rare tumours of the ovary presenting with diameters greater than 10  cm. Ovarian cysts are generally asymptomatic at early stages causing symptoms only after reaching enormous dimensions, and consequently they are often diagnosed late. The clinical symptoms of ovarian cysts are usually progressive abdominal distension, nonspecific diffuse abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding and symptoms related…

Antai Hospital’s 414 Surgical Therapy System serves the purpose for disease elimination and protection of the patients’ organs. In the cases of Gynaecological conditions and its surgery, the organs involved are the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. It is an assurance that we offer patients that undergo gynaecological surgery to remove lesions at Antai Hospital. These lesions may include: Abnormal…

When should you receive treatment for cervical insufficiency? Antai Cervical Ring is used to treat late miscarriage caused by cervical insufficiency, also known as cervical incompetence or short cervix. Prevention is better than cure. Hence, the earlier you place the Antai Cervical Ring, the better. The best time to place the ring is before pregnancy, followed by early pregnancy (before…

Massive Ovarian Cysts & Miscarriage – Antai Hospital A fluid-filled sac in the ovarian tissue is known as an ovarian cyst. A cyst is defined as a fluid filled sac that is bigger than 5 cm in diameter. Giant ovarian cyst itself is defined as a cyst >10 cm in diameter from radiological examination or the size of the cyst…

Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP) & Recurrent Miscarriage Hyperemesis Gravidarum, in recent years has gained more traction as a serious and potentially causing both maternal and fetal morbidity. HG is known to cause severe pregnancy complications that are psychological, neurological, cardiological and being persistent throughout the pregnancy. The persistent component is the defining factor that causes it…

Asherman’s Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment at Antai Intrauterine adhesions causing amenorrhea after curettage were first described by Fritsch in 1894. Later Asherman in 1950 described the history of 29 women with amenorrhea secondary to trauma of the uterine cavity, the Asherman’s syndrome (AS). AS is defined by the presence of intrauterine adhesions or adhesions in the endocervix with consequent risk…

Ovarian cysts, sometimes reported as ovarian masses or adnexal masses, are frequently found incidentally in women who have no symptoms. These cysts can be physiologic (having to do with ovulation) or neoplastic—either benign, borderline (having low malignant potential), or frankly malignant. Thus, these incidental lesions pose many diagnostic challenges to the clinician. The vast majority of cysts are benign, but…

The immune system makes an abundance of proteins called antibodies. Antibodies are made by white blood cells (B cells). The antibodies recognize and combat infectious organisms (germs) in the body. Antibodies develop in our immune system to help the body fight infectious organisms. When an antibody recognizes the foreign proteins of an infectious organism, it recruits other proteins and cells…

Biochemical pregnancies or chemical pregnancies are in fact diagnosable and treatable, at Antai Hospital with a full refund guaranteed! What is a chemical pregnancy? Biochemical pregnancy has been variously defined by different authors. All these definitions express the same idea. Sher defined a “chemical pregnancy” as one where in spite of the beta hCG test being “positive”, the pregnancy fails…

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia results from HPV infection within cervical cells. These changes, especially in young women, commonly revert to normal cells due to an intact immune response and rapid turnover of cells on the cervix. About 60% of CIN-1 will regress to normal after 1 year. Women with CIN-2 and CIN-3 are at high risk for developing invasive cancer, although…