Pregnancy women

The fluoroquinolones are contraindicated in patients with a history of hypersensitivity to the fluoroquinolones, in children younger than 18 years, and in pregnant women (Pregnancy Category C). These drugs also are contraindicated in patients whose life-styles do not allow for adherence to the precautions regarding photosensitivity. 

In selecting an antibiotic, attention must be paid to the condition of the patient. For example, the status of the patient s immune system, kidneys, and liver must be considered. In women, pregnancy or breastfeeding an infant also affect the selection of the antimicrobial agent. 

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Any woman diagnosed with GDM should be retested at 6 weeks postpartum. If the fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level is normal, then reassessment for DM should occur every 3 years. Family planning for subsequent pregnancies should be discussed, and monitoring for the development of symptoms of DM should be undertaken. 

LC is a 28-year-old woman who comes to your practice because she thinks that she is pregnant. She reports that she has not had a period in 9 weeks. When she first missed her period just over 1 month ago, she was not concerned because her cycle had become very light. However, when she missed her cycle again, she took a home pregnancy test. That test was positive. In your practice, a repeat urine pregnancy test confirms that the patient is pregnant. 

Intrauterine pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, and miscarriage must be at the top of the differential diagnosis list for any woman presenting with heavy menses. 

In the quick-start method for initiating OCs, the woman takes the first pill on the day of her office visit (after a negative urine pregnancy test). In the first-day start method, women take the first pill on the first day of the next menstrual cycle. The Sunday start method was used for many years, whereby the first pill was taken on the first Sunday after starting the menstrual cycle. 

X-linked dominant inheritance The chance of passing on an X-linked dominant condition differs between men and women because men have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, while women have two X chromosomes. A man passes on his Y chromosome to all of his sons and his X chromosome to all of his daughters. Therefore, the sons of a man with an X-linked dominant disorder will not be affected, but all of his daughters will inherit the condition. A woman passes on one or the other of her X chromosomes to each child. Therefore, a woman with an X-linked dominant disorder has a 50 percent chance of having an affected daughter or son with each pregnancy. 

For reasons that are not entirely clear, insomnia is also more common in women than men. There are particular times when a woman is especially vulnerable to insomnia, including pregnancy, the transition into menopause, and the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle. This, of course, suggests that it is changes in the female reproductive system that somehow alter sleep. Depression and anxiety are also more common in women at these times, and insomnia is a common symptom of these psychiatric illnesses. 

In pregnancy, there is a sharp increase in the plasma fatty acid level after about 12 hours of fasting, much sooner than in the non-pregnant woman. This may be important in maintaining the plasma glucose level not only for the mother but also the foetus. This maintenance is achieved via the glucose fatty acid cycle (Chapter 16). 

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