Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Bækkenløsning/ bækkenet
English translation:
Unstable pelvis/pelvic instability
Added to glossary by
Andy Bell
Feb 27, 2004 11:34
20 yrs ago
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Danish term
Bækkenløsning/ bækkenet
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Danish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Bækkenløsning (komplikation i graviditeten)
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | Unstable pelvis |
Andy Bell
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| 5 | pelvic arthropathy / pelvis |
Randi Stenstrop
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| 5 | Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction |
Christine Andersen
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| 4 | pelvic displacement |
cltedwards
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Proposed translations
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Unstable pelvis
It is quite simply an "unstable pelvis". The term "pelvic instability" is pretty much interchangeable. I think it is due to hormonal release (oxytocin?)in preparation for childbirth, which in extreme cases leads to this condition.
HTH
Andy Bell
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Note added at 2004-02-27 16:24:33 (GMT)
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All the other expressions suggested by my fair colleagues are of merit in their own right (or own write if you\'re John Lennon), however \"bækkenløsning\" is \"pelvic instability\" (hence, \"unstable pelvis\" etc). I don\'t much care about the Kudoz points but let\'s be accurate.
Andy (Ps If it validates my argument, I am also an RN and my partner an MD)
HTH
Andy Bell
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Note added at 2004-02-27 16:24:33 (GMT)
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All the other expressions suggested by my fair colleagues are of merit in their own right (or own write if you\'re John Lennon), however \"bækkenløsning\" is \"pelvic instability\" (hence, \"unstable pelvis\" etc). I don\'t much care about the Kudoz points but let\'s be accurate.
Andy (Ps If it validates my argument, I am also an RN and my partner an MD)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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pelvic displacement
I am no doctor, but bækken is definitely the pelvis
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Randi Stenstrop
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pelvic arthropathy / pelvis
Der er en definition med illustration på det nedenfor angivne site.
Peer comment(s):
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Andy Bell
: Not what "bækkenløsning" means in medical English.
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| agree |
Christine Andersen
: 'bækkenløsning' was what we were warned about when I was pregnant in Denmark, and it's exactly what is described here, as well as under my own answer. It is the term used to pregnant women, and this reference explains to pregnant women.
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Christine Andersen
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150
Danish term (edited):
B�kkenl�sning/ b�kkenet
Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction
The two bones at the front of the pelvis (bækken) meet at a joint called the Symphysis Pubis.
This loosens slightly before childbirth, but may loosen too much or too early, causing pain and complication in pregnancy. It may also fail to stabilise fully after childbirth, but normally it becomes stable again after the birth.
It is necessary because of the size of the baby's head, which cannot pass thorugh the normal stable pelvis at birth.
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Note added at 48 mins (2004-02-27 12:23:25 GMT)
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Dorland gives symphysiolysis as separation or slipping of symphyses, especially the symphysis pubis.
This would be the term for the normal state at childbirth, which, I believe, isl aso called \'bækkenløsning\' in ordinary Danish.
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Note added at 5 hrs 6 mins (2004-02-27 16:40:46 GMT)
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More links
http://home.no.net/gjgb/linker.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1457285.stm
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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 9 mins (2004-03-01 12:44:35 GMT)
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This site refers to both unstable pelvis and symphysis pubis problems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1457285.stm
a midwife\'s experiences:
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/dsp1.htm
- and here is a support group for sufferers.
http://www.spd-uk.org/
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Unstable pelvis is also used for this, but not exclusively in connection with pregnancy. (trauma, e.g.) The pelvis is a ring of bones, fused at with other points which can become unstable besides the pubic symphysis. But the natural process gone wild can be what I would call extreme (when the sufferer ends up in a wheelchair for example).
I hate to disagree with anyone, but I\'m fairly convinced that I\'m not wrong. There are often different medical terms for the same thing, depending on whether you are talking to professionals, patients who are more or less lay people etc. Then for various reasons, patients and lay people start using the \'profesional\' terms. So what you use in the end depends on your target group and wider context.
Best of luck!
This loosens slightly before childbirth, but may loosen too much or too early, causing pain and complication in pregnancy. It may also fail to stabilise fully after childbirth, but normally it becomes stable again after the birth.
It is necessary because of the size of the baby's head, which cannot pass thorugh the normal stable pelvis at birth.
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Note added at 48 mins (2004-02-27 12:23:25 GMT)
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Dorland gives symphysiolysis as separation or slipping of symphyses, especially the symphysis pubis.
This would be the term for the normal state at childbirth, which, I believe, isl aso called \'bækkenløsning\' in ordinary Danish.
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Note added at 5 hrs 6 mins (2004-02-27 16:40:46 GMT)
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More links
http://home.no.net/gjgb/linker.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1457285.stm
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Note added at 3 days 1 hr 9 mins (2004-03-01 12:44:35 GMT)
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This site refers to both unstable pelvis and symphysis pubis problems
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1457285.stm
a midwife\'s experiences:
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/dsp1.htm
- and here is a support group for sufferers.
http://www.spd-uk.org/
*****
Unstable pelvis is also used for this, but not exclusively in connection with pregnancy. (trauma, e.g.) The pelvis is a ring of bones, fused at with other points which can become unstable besides the pubic symphysis. But the natural process gone wild can be what I would call extreme (when the sufferer ends up in a wheelchair for example).
I hate to disagree with anyone, but I\'m fairly convinced that I\'m not wrong. There are often different medical terms for the same thing, depending on whether you are talking to professionals, patients who are more or less lay people etc. Then for various reasons, patients and lay people start using the \'profesional\' terms. So what you use in the end depends on your target group and wider context.
Best of luck!
Peer comment(s):
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Terry Arness
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| disagree |
Andy Bell
: Abosolutely not. If one were describing dysfunction of the symphis pubis, then one would not say "bækkenløsing", as this really is described in medical circles as an "unstable pelvis". They are two completely different expressions.
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'bækkenløsning' was definitely discussed when I was pregnant in Denmark - and these references describe exactly the sort of thing we were told. This is the expression used to expectant mothers, whatever the medical community uses elsewhere.
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