The sexual life of woman in its physiological, pathological and hygienic aspectsKisch, E. Heinrich (Enoch Heinrich)
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The sexual life of woman in its physiological, pathological and hygienic aspects
Kisch, E. Heinrich (Enoch Heinrich)
Gynecology; Menstruation; Women -- Diseases
My own experience has led me to conclude that it is certain distinct
local mechanical stimuli affecting the female genital organs which,
acting for a long period on the sensory nerves of the uterus or its
annexa, induce by reflex action the before-mentioned digestive
disturbances. Diseases of the vulva and the vagina, catarrhal
inflammation, colpitis and leucorrhœa, and prolapse of the vagina, do
not by themselves lead to the occurrence of uterine dyspepsia; nor do
inflammations of the uterine mucous membrane, such as endometritis
(unless associated with parenchymatous changes of the whole uterus),
chronic catarrh of the mucous membrane, erosion and ulceration of the
cervix to an inconsiderable extent, or moderate perimetritic and
parametritic exudations. On the other hand, uterine dyspepsia frequently
ensues in cases of uterine displacements, flexions, or versions, or in
cases of structural changes of the uterus accompanied by enlargement of
the organ, chronic metritis, myomata, especially when intramural
(interstitial), displacement of the Fallopian tubes and the ovaries,
chronic oöphoritis, extensive inflammatory exudations, resulting from
pelvic peritonitis, and leading to dislocation, “compression” or
distortion of the uterus and its annexa, deep follicular or
carcinomatous ulceration of the cervix, or, finally, ovarian tumors. As
the commonest condition giving rise to dyspeptic disturbances of the
kind under consideration, retroflexion of an enlarged uterus must be
mentioned.
Under the head of uterine dyspepsia, we may also classify dyspeptic
disturbances occurring at the time of puberty or of the menopause, and
in association with certain amenorrhoeic and dysmenorrhœic conditions,
and, in addition, the vomiting of pregnant women.
The vomiting of pregnant women, which must be regarded as a reflex
disturbance of the stomach, occurs, with especial severity in first
pregnancies, in the early months of pregnancy, with such regularity that
it is regarded as one of the most typical signs of pregnancy. Thus, in
177 pregnant women, _Horwitz_ observed vomiting in 147 (83 of whom were
primiparæ, and 64 multiparæ), and in 29 only was this symptom wanting.
In this series of cases, it most commonly made its appearance between
the tenth and eleventh week of the pregnancy. The vomiting of pregnant
women occurs most commonly early in the morning, immediately after
rising (morning sickness), but also at other times of the day; it
usually takes place easily, without any great distress, and after it is
over the patient feels quite comfortable. It rarely continues later than
the fourth month of pregnancy.
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