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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Inflammation of the Womb.Causes. - Exposure during the menstrual flow; inflammamation of the vagina; suppression of menstruation ; excessive or violent intercourse ; certain constitutional diseases; attempts at abortion; injections of cold water. Symptoms.-The patient ordinarily complains of weight and a dragging pain in the small of the back, often extending around to the front and down the thighs ; there is usually also an itching and burning sensation in the vagina, and frequently such irritation of the bladder and rectum as to compel frequent evacuations of these organs. The general symptoms are not usually severe; some headache, loss of appetite; perhaps slight fever may be observed. After three or four days, or perhaps sooner, there appears a discharge from the vagina, at first clear and glairy, subsequently white or yellow, and even bloody. By this time there is usually considerable pain in the lower part of the abdomen, accompanied by an effort to " bear down," such as is felt during labor. It is important that this malady be not allowed to proceed, not because of its own intrinsic danger, but because there usually occur complications in various other of the sexual organs which seriously impair the woman's health. Treatment. - The patient should be required to keep quiet in bed. At intervals of three or four hours, she should receive a vaginal douche, for which at least a quart of hot water should be used. In the intervals between these injections, hot, moist flannels should be kept applied to the vulva and groins. Twice or three times a day the patient should rest for fifteen or twenty minutes in a hot hip-bath. Internally, it is usually advisable to administer opium in some form-say ten drops of laudanum at intervals of two or three hours until three doses have been taken. After an interval of twelve hours, the same amount may be repeated. A vaginal douche may be administered either with a Davidson syringe, or, better, from a fountain syringe. The latter may be readily constructed in a few moments by attaching a rubber tube to an opening at the bottom of a wooden or glass vessel; or still more simply, by making a siphon out of a rubber tube, one end of which remains immersed in the vessel. The vessel containing the hot water may be suspended by a nail on the wall or held in the hand, while the other end of the tube is introduced into the vagina. Care should be taken not to suspend the vessel more than two or three feet above the level of the other end of the tube, for since the force with which the water flows increases with the height of the vessel, a greater elevation than that named may result in damage to the womb from the violence with which the stream strikes the mouth of the organ (or rather from entrance of fluid into the womb cavity, and even abdominal cavity). But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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