Cord blood banking,

•Cord blood is the baby's blood that remains in the placenta and umbilical cord after birth.
•Cord blood contains stem cells.
•Blood stem cells from cord blood can be used for transplants for children and young adults. This is known as a cord blood or stem cell transplant.
•A cord blood transplant can treat many blood diseases, immune diseases and metabolic diseases.
•It is not yet known if stem cells from cord blood can be used to treat other conditions.
•Stem cells from cord blood can be collected and stored for future use.
•Cord blood is not usually collected as a routine.
•Cord blood must be collected safely and in a way that minimises contamination and infection.
•It is best if a trained technician who is not involved in the care of a woman or her baby collects cord blood.
•There are two types of cord blood bank:

1.private (commercial) banks
2.public banks.
•Private banks are generally for-profit organisations which store cord blood for possible future use by an individual's own family for a fee.
•Each hospital should have its own policy on private banking and make this policy available to prospective parents.
•A public bank, such as the NHS cord blood bank, stores donated cord blood for use by patients anywhere in the world who need a transplant.
•A public bank may also store cord blood for families with a known genetic or other disease.
•The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) supports public banking and donation to the NHS cord blood bank.

Happy New Year

Wishing a very happy and Prosperous New Year to all those who visit my blog

Endometriosis

Not writing just for the sake of writing,but one more severe case endometriosis in a young unmarried female with multiple health issues and I really feel low and helpless.If I go operate with the intention of preserving her fertility ,this would be her 5th surgery(4 other done for various reasons).And then she is bound to have a removal of uterus and ovary sooner or later.Sometimes I do wonder,God could have been a little more kind on human beings.

Fibroids and Endometriosis

Come across so many youn patients in their late twenties and early thirties with Fibroid uterus and Endometrosis.Just in last 1 week performed operative laparoscopy with severe endometriosis in 2 young females.My heart went for them.Yet to complete family and both the ovaries converted into big cysts(endometriomas)with gut stuck wickedly to the uterus.
a very tough decision to make as a surgeon.You know you are leaving the ovary behind,as they haven't completed the family yet for another round of surgery later few years down the lane.........

Chicken pox in Pregnancy

Hi Mini,
So to address your concern regarding exposure to a person affected with chickenpox while you are Pregnannt,As I told you we need to get the level of your immunity checked before deciding on further line of treatment.the sooner we get the result better it would be.if you have low or no immunity for this condition you need to take Immunoglobulin injections within 10 days of exposure.
you can find further information on this topic.Please follow the link

http://www.rcog.org.uk/womens-health/clinical-guidance/chickenpox-pregnancy-what-you-need-know

Sex during Pregnancy

In my OPD almost 100% sheepish couple ask me this question very hesitantly if they can have sex safely during pregnancy and till when?the answer is yes,very much,you can have sex safely till the very end of Pregnancy.
For further details please visit this website.
"http://www.myhealthguardian.com/health-concerns/sexual-health/can-we-go-ahead"