To deep regret, not every pregnancy proceeds safely. In such cases, doctors diagnose "pathology of pregnancy." They are of a very diverse nature and can be provoked both by the environment surrounding the pregnant woman, and by her lifestyle or health status.
Causes of pathology in pregnancy
In medical practice, there is the following classification of factors that can affect the occurrence of an abnormally occurring gestation process:
- A chronic disease that was not cured before fertilization;
- An important role can also be played by the adverse impact of the environment in which the woman lives;
- complications can arise due to the reaction of the body of a woman to any stage of embryo development. It appears, as a rule, in the form of a severe form of toxicosis;
- pathology during pregnancy can be the result of an immoral way of life of a woman before and while in a position, abuse of harmful addictions and so on;
- a serious infection or inflammation, which had to be transferred during gestation.
The role of heredity in the pathology of pregnancy should also not be overlooked, since it is this factor that is the most frequent cause of abnormally occurring gestation. Therefore, do not neglect the consultation and examination of the geneticist at the planning stage of pregnancy .
In what time periods the risk of fetal pathology during pregnancy increases?
Negative factors have the strongest impact when the child is at an embryonic stage of development. So, for example, if only five days have passed since fertilization, the baby may die because of the unfavorable state of the mother's health. And at a period of 3 to 12 weeks, when the placenta is formed, organs and systems, negative factors can provoke such pathologies of pregnancy in the early stages as: anomalies of the kidneys, liver, brain, bone apparatus and other organs of the child. If the negative effect falls on the 18-22 week, then it is quite possible the appearance of dystrophic changes in fetal growth.
Signs of a pathology of pregnancy
As a rule, every woman in the position is very careful and attentive to any manifestations of abnormally occurring gestation. But it is often enough to identify existing abnormalities of fetal development by conducting genetic tests on pathology in pregnancy , ultrasound and other studies. The most informative in this regard is the study of hormone HCG, TORCH-complex, biochemical blood test, prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome, fetal collection and examination of fetal biological material.
Prophylaxis of hereditary pathologies
Preventive measures can be divided into three types:
- Primary: improving the quality of human habitat and responsible approach to planning for conception.
- Secondary prevention of hereditary and congenital diseases is the timely interruption of bearing.
- Tertiary measures are directed to the feasible elimination of signs and causes of the already existing pathology of the fetus.
Quite often in future mothers extragenital pathology is revealed. Its essence is the impossibility of delivery by natural means due to the presence of a complex of different diseases. Extragenital pathology and pregnancy, in which it is observed, ends only with surgical intervention through caesarean section.
Particular attention is paid to placental pathologies in pregnancy. It is this body that plays the most important role in the development and growth of the baby.