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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pain Relief Management During pregnancy (Brief discussion)

Pregnancy occurs as the result of the female gamete oocyte merging with the male gamete, spermatozoa, in a process referred to, in medicine, as fertilization, or more commonly knowledge as conception. Pregnancy is defined as the carrying of one or more offspring known as a fetus or embryo, inside the womb of a female (wiki encyclopedia, 2007). In pregnancy period,  physiology of whole body is dramatically changed due to fall and rise of gonadotrophins as a result various physiological abnormalities are seen, among them pain is a prominent symptom. Pain in pregnancy is a difficult area owing to need to balance the best interests of the mother and the fetus or neonate.
    pain in pregnancy is a fraught area and concern about maternal, fetal and neonatal well being.There are many causes behind the pain during pregnancy and commonly described as physiological, pathological and idiopathic ,among them physiological cause is taken as the most common cause.