Heavy bleeding after childbirth (postpartum haemorrhage) Heavy bleeding after childbirth is also known as postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), and is an emergency complication of childbirth. Postpartum haemorrhage is defined as a loss of 500ml or more blood from the genital tract in the first 24 hours after giving birth.
The afferent arterioles are a group of blood vessels that supply the nephrons in many excretory systems.They play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure as a part of the tubuloglomerular feedback mechanism.he afferent arterioles are a group of blood vessels that supply the nephrons in many excretory systems.
arteriosclerotic retinopathy. Etymology: Gk, arteria, + airpipe, sklerosis, hardening; L, rete, net; Gk, pathos, disease. a disorder of the retina associated with hardening and thickening of the arteries supplying that part of the eye.It often accompanies hypertension.etinopathy distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper-or silver-wire appearance, perivascular sheathing, irregularity of lumen and scattered small hemorrhages, and small, sharp-edged deposits without surrounding edema.