UC - Ulcerative Colitis
Inflammatory bowel disease, sometimes simply named 'colitis.' Causes symptoms of abdo pain, diarrhoea, leading to a presence of a a problem with the immune system causing normal inflammation to continue, damaging walls of digestive tract.
URTI ☞ Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Chest infection
Urosepsis
Sepsis caused by by infections of the urinary tract, including cystitis, or lower urinary tract and bladder infections, and pyelonephritis, or upper urinary tract and kidney infections. Nearly 25 percent of sepsis cases originate from the urogenital tract.
Uterine Atony
Atony of the uterus is the failure of the uterus to contract post birth, and is a risk factor for PPH (postpartum haemorrhage)
Uterus Didelphys ( also uterus didelphis)
Represents a uterine malformation where the uterus is present as a paired organ when the embryo genetic fusion of the Müllerian ducts fails to occur. As a result, there is a double uterus with 2 seperate cervixes and possibly a double vagina as well. Each uterus has a single horn linked to the ipsilateral fallopian tube that faces its ovary
UTI Symptoms
High temp (febrile), pain/discomfort in side, lower back or around genitals. Often treated with broad spectrum antimicrobianos (antibiotics), and may require hospitalisation.
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The Nurse/Midwife's Handbook - A Dictionary
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