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08-15-2011, 02:36 AM
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 ★The Queen★ Poster Rank:67 Female Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 23,498
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Re: Forgotten Vaginal Pessary..BARF
I remember a gynecologist telling me horror stories of things women left inside their bodies. Medication with the foil still on and wondering why it wasn't working. Diaphrams left in for months! This woman was 80, but, still! What is a pessary anyway?
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08-15-2011, 03:01 AM
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 Australia Mate! Poster Rank:339 I have a map of Tasmania Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3,720 Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Quoted: 86 Post(s)
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Re: Forgotten Vaginal Pessary..BARF
one would imagine it would start to smell sooner than the 30 year mark  how could you not know your own beaver had a 'foul odour'
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08-15-2011, 09:50 AM
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Re: Forgotten Vaginal Pessary..BARF
PESSARY A pessary is a small plastic or silicone medical device which is inserted into the vagina or rectum and held in place by the pelvic floor musculature. Types of pessaries Therapeutic pessaries A therapeutic pessary is a medical device similar to the outer ring of a diaphragm. Therapeutic pessaries are used to support the uterus, vagina, bladder, or rectum. A pessary is most commonly used to treat prolapse of the uterus. It is also used to treat stress urinary incontinence, a retroverted uterus, cystocele and rectocele. Historically, pessaries may have been used to perform abortions, as demonstrated in the original text of the Hippocratic Oath. The pessary can be placed temporarily or permanently, and must be fitted by a physician, midwife, or advanced practice nurse. Some pessaries can be worn during intercourse. Pharmaceutical pessaries A pharmaceutical pessary is used as a very effective means of delivery of pharmaceutical substances easily absorbed through the skin of the vagina or rectum, or intended to have action in the locality, for example against inflammation or infection, or on the uterus. Occlusive pessaries Main article: Cervical cap See also: womb veil An occlusive pessary is generally used in combination with spermicide as a contraceptive. Stem pessary The stem pessary, a type of occlusive pessary, was an early form of the cervical cap. Shaped like a dome, it covered the cervix, and a central rod or "stem" entered the uterus through the os, to hold it in place http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessary |
