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When is an ovarian cyst simply the norm?
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This week I have had a glut of cysts! The word ‘cyst’ sounds like something to be worried about, and of course sometimes it is, but more often than not it is a nothing. An incidental finding when a woman is being investigated for a symptom which leads to a scan of one sort or […]
Gynaecology – What a fortunate life to have a career I love!
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There’s a patient under there somewhere! I am a surgeon. I love being a surgeon. I love being in the operating theatre and I love making people better. It is a privilege to earn a living this way. That said, I am a very ‘anti-surgery surgeon’ and I would never ever have an operation unless […]
Casebook Episode 6: Dementia and Consent
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the sixth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! We all know that our country must address the problem of an ageing population. By 2020 there will be 22,000 people of 100 years of age or older. […]
‘Is it hot in here or is it me?’
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the fifth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! ‘If I had a pound for every time I have said that I would be a rich woman’ I heard my mother say that when I was a […]
An Ordinary Day, For a Gynaecologist!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the fourth episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! Yesterday was a night on call. Interestingly when I was a junior doctor, it was me that was on-duty all day and all night, and then worked the next day, as […]
Sex: pain at the entrance sex, pain deep inside sex, and impossible sex. All in one afternoon!
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Here’s the third episode of Dr Morton’s casebook! It is amazing how often there is a little run of the same type of thing in one clinic. Lots of different bladder troubles. Several women with itchy bits. A collection of […]
Gynae case focus – stuck tampon
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s manage periods and understand endometriosis and enhance women’s health through life A stuck tampon or difficulty getting something into the vagina! Hannah is a sixteen year old schoolgirl. Her periods started a bit later than some at 14 and […]
There’s more to gynaecology than just “medicine”
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline The second episode of Dr Morton’s casebook is here! A typical Saturday morning, which is when I see private patients after a very early game of golf, is always a relaxed meander through heavy periods, abdominal bloating and troublesome shouty […]
Tales from a gynaecologist’s consulting rooms
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Written by Dr Karen Morton Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and founder of Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline Dr Karen Morton launches Dr Morton’s casebook…. or the ‘Vagina Diaries’ as rather crudely suggested by her PR adviser! I am probably showing my age, but I remember Dr Finlay’s casebook very well and it is simply the first example […]
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