Reproductive System Disorders

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Responsible for the noble task of creating new life - birth of new offspring

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Reproductive system

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Refer to the differences in features that exist prior to or at birth. They may be due to some genetic changes, various environmental factors; or simply of unknown causes

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Congenital abnormalities

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Describes the condition when a person’s genitalia and/or sexual traits are not clearly male or female

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Intersexuality

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A person who is genetically male develops as a female due to the inability to utilize the hormone androgen

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Androgen-sensitivity syndrome

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This genital abnormality is characterized by the absence of one or both testes from their normal scrotal position

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Cryptorchidism

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Hidden

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Kryptos

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Testicles

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Orchis

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Refers to a group of diseases that is characterized by uncontrolled division and growth of cells that, in many cases, form lumps or masses of tissues called tumors

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Cancer

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This female reproductive disease involves the cervix. It is usually caused by a sexually transmitted organism known as the human papillomavirus

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Cervical cancer

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The lower portion of the uterus which connects the womb to the vagina

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Cervix

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This is a very slow progressing disease that many men reach old age, some even die, without knowing they had the disease

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Prostate cancer

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A gland found below the bladder in front of the rectum. This gland produces a protein called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) that helps keep the semen in liquid state

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Prostate

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This highly contagious sexually transmitted disease is caused by the Gram negative diplococcus Neisseria gonorrheae

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Gonorrhea

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A condition that results in babies who acquired the disease at birth during passage through the birth canal of an infected mother

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Ophthalmia neonatorum

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Another highly contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum

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Syphilis

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Characteristic painless sore which happens after the bacterium has penetrated the skin or mucous membrane of the external reproductive areas of both male and female

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Chancre

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In this process, an egg is fertilized by a sperm outside the female body. This is a major treatment to overcome female infertility due to a blockage in the fallopian tube and male infertility when the sperm count is low and/or of poor quality or when sperm have difficulty penetrating the egg

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In vitro fertilization

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It is an intervention strategy for treating disease or injuries by introducing new adult stem cells to replace diseased or damaged areas in the body

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Stem cell therapy