climacteric instability of blood pressure

Fetus and newborn affected by maternal hypertensive disorders

Other specified menopausal and perimenopausal disorders

Definition: A disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, induced and sustained by the patient. It occurs most commonly in adolescent girls and young women, but adolescent boys and young men may also be affected, as may children approaching puberty and older women up to the menopause. The disorder is associated with a specific psychopathology whereby a dread of fatness and flabbiness of body contour persists as an intrusive overvalued idea, and the patients impose a low weight threshold on themselves. There is usually undernutrition of varying severity with secondary endocrine and metabolic changes and disturbances of bodily functi ...[+++]on. The symptoms include restricted dietary choice, excessive exercise, induced vomiting and purgation, and use of appetite suppressants and diuretics.

For mothers, there is clear evidence to show that the availability of skilled attendants at birth and immediately after, with the capacity for timely referral to access to other care facilities, is the critical factor in addressing the major causes of maternal mortality such as hemorrhage, infections, and hypertensive disorders.

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