The placenta is a truly amazing organ. It ensures the normal development and functioning of the fetus. At the same time it is temporary existing only during pregnancy and leaves the body of a woman in the process of giving birth. Unfortunately, like all other organs, the placenta, while still in the uterus, is susceptible to various diseases and pathologies. One of them - calcification of the placenta or calcaneosis of the placenta.
Calcinates in the placenta - causes
Calcenosis of the placenta occurs as a result of the deposition of calcium in the placenta, and the causes for this phenomenon can be various processes, including infectious. Another most probable cause of calcification in the placenta is a violation of blood flow in it.
Problems with the calcification of the placenta can not give the calcium itself, but the factors that led to its accumulation in this place and which can lead to various violations of the placenta, that is, placental insufficiency.
If calcifications are found in the placenta, its condition and the condition of the fetus can be threatened. Consequences arising from the presence of calcifications in the placenta can be very diverse - from minor gestosis manifestations to intrauterine growth retardation and development of the fetus, reducing its adaptive capacity, thereby increasing the risk of hypoxic complications during childbirth.
To assess the fetal status indicators, it is necessary to undergo a series of examinations:
- a blood test for homocysteine;
- a blood test for antibodies to cardiolipin, DNA,
- hemostasiogram, D-dimer.
Calcinates in the placenta - treatment
The earlier the risk factors are identified, the greater the chance of avoiding serious complications. Single calcinates in the placenta do not carry a big threat to the baby, and constant monitoring will help to avoid their accumulation in large quantities.
If calcification in the placenta has reached significant levels and the woman has external signs (swelling, delayed fetal development, hypertension), then treatment may be ineffective.
In the case when calcenosis is caused by a previously transmitted infection, the doctor decides whether to delay antibiotic therapy.
"Aging" of the placenta
The age and degree of maturity of the placenta are judged by its size, the presence in it of all the same "calcints", so quite often calcification in the placenta is found, for example, in 33 weeks. The formation and deposition of calcicates is a normal process of maturation of the placenta, but not its aging. This term is intimidated by many pregnant women, however, it is not entirely correct.
In the process of life, all organs develop and grow old. Even we, growing a child, grow old throughout the nine months. Therefore, it will be more correct to call this process "maturing". And when the mature placenta contains calcifications, this is normal. Modern obstetrics does not recognize calcifications in the placenta in late pregnancy as a pathological symptom.
The premature ripening of the placenta is also dangerous. The causes of this phenomenon can be abortion, which the woman did earlier, intrauterine infections, smoking before and during pregnancy, the endocrine system. In a risk zone, diabetics and women, pregnant twins.
A woman with a diagnosis of "calcification of the placenta" is prescribed a course of medications and droppers to maintain normal functioning of the placenta and prevent hypoxia. And if all the doctor's instructions are correctly implemented, there are all chances to give birth to a healthy child.