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Kirstin

20 Dec 2010 - 9:11pm 0 Comments

I never do anything by halves. I had been living with my partner Rob, for six years when we decided to liven things up. We moved to a bigger house that was falling down around our ears, saved up a year's annual leave (which was torture), got married and then went on honeymoon on a shoestring for 5 weeks in Italy.

The weekend we returned we invited a few close friends over to round ff the break before we had to settle back to the drudgery of work on Monday. That night after everyone ha....


 

Obstetric cholestasis - Itching with no rash...

18 Jun 2009 - 3:53pm 0 Comments

What is obstetric cholestasis?

Obstetric cholestasis is a liver disorder which occurs during pregnancy. It affects about 1 in 100 women each year in the UK, and is more common in multiple pregnancies.   Cholestasis is a reduced flow of bile down the bile ducts in the liver resulting in bile leaking out into the bloodstream. The bile salts in the bloodstream cause symptoms, the main one being itching on the hands and feet.

Who gets obstetric cholestasis....


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