Pregnancy and Health Care

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Overweight women have higher risk of problems during and after childbirth. The higher the BMI, the more likely a cesarean is major surgery. Compared with other pregnant women are very overweight may have more trouble recovering from a cesarean section. In addition, you may be staying longer in the hospital.

Babies born to mothers with overweight or obese
The babies of mothers with overweight or obese may face their own challenges. Increase risk of:

* Being born prematurely
* Be certain birth defects
* Need attention in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
* Being obese in childhood

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Women with high BMI are more likely to suffer high blood pressure and diabetes during pregnancy. They are also more likely to experience difficulties during childbirth. Their babies may also have serious health problems.

Gestational hypertension (high blood pressure): Gestational hypertension occurs when the pregnant woman has a sudden increase in blood pressure during the second half of pregnancy. Health care professionals can detect this problem during the regular checks of blood pressure.

If the pregnant woman has high blood pressure medication and may need more frequent checks in the weeks before delivery. Gestational hypertension usually disappears after birth. High blood pressure during pregnancy can be a sign of preeclampsia.

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Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis, sometimes referred to as “trich”, is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD acronym in English), which affects 2 to 3 million Americans annually. The vagina is the most common site of infection in women. Trichomoniasis, like many other STDs, often occurs without symptoms. When symptoms occur, they usually appear within 4-20 days of exposure, although symptoms can appear years after infection. Symptoms in women include a heavy fluid, yellow – green or gray, discomfort during intercourse, vaginal odor, and painful urination. Irritation and itching of the female genital area and, in rare cases, abdominal pain in the lower abdomen may also be present. Men can transmit the disease to their sex partners even when symptoms are not present, so it is preferable to treat both partners to eliminate the parasite. Metronidazole is the drug used to treat trichomoniasis. It is administered in a single dose. People who are taking this medicine should not drink alcohol, mixing the two substances can cause nausea and vomiting. Although previously trichomoniasis was thought would produce any significant complications, recent studies have linked it to two serious problems later, increased risk in the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, and low birth weight infants or premature. Additional research is needed to fully explore these connections.

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What is Vaginitis?
Vaginitis is an inflammation of the vagina characterized by discharge, irritation and / or itching. The cause of vaginitis can not be determined properly based solely on the basis of symptoms or physic laboratory test. Examines are required for a correct diagnosis. Many effective drugs are available for the treatment of vaginal infections and accompanying vaginitis.

Bacterial Vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis (BV acronym in English), is the most common cause of vaginitis symptoms among older women with children. Bacterial vaginosis can be transmitted through sexual contact activity, although the bodies have also been found in young women who are not sexually active. The infection is due to change in the balance between different types of bacteria in the vagina. Instead of the normal predominance of “friendly” bacteria Lactobacillus, increases in the numbers of harmful organisms are found in the vagina of women with BV (bacterial vaginosis). Additionally, intrauterine devices (IUD acronym in English) may increase the risk of acquiring bacterial vaginosis. The primary symptom of BV is an abnormal vaginal discharge with a fishy odor, which is especially noticeable after intercourse. However, about half of women with bacterial vaginosis reported no symptoms.

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It is very important during pregnancy, try to prevent infection and minimize the effects of chronic diseases that you suffer. Go to the doctor at least symptom of disease in pregnancy.

Keep away from conditions in pregnancy is the goal of every pregnant woman but not always possible to stay safe from infections or symptoms that can cause chronic diseases that are suffering.

Prevent health problems the mother may affect the fetus should be a priority.

It is therefore important that all pregnant women to seek medical slightest sign of illness, however slight.

Because the nature is wise, our body is able to send signals sufficient to warn us that something is wrong.

Here’s what we are the most common diseases in pregnancy. They are very common in pregnancy by the anatomical changes that occur.

Although symptoms are not always fully visible, they are the most common:

Urgent need to go to the bathroom often.
Pain or burning when urinating.
Pressure or pain in the lower abdomen.
Each time you go to the bathroom, and are sparingly urine pee again.
The urine is usually cloudy and smell different than usual.
In severe cases, may cause premature births or abortions, although with proper medical monitoring, the problem is easily detected and can be treated with antibiotics.

Colds and flu
Although usually not very offensive to the fetus, some more serious viral diseases may start with the same symptoms as a cold.

Orfnt fever is dangerous if it appears and remains untreated over a day.

On the other hand, muscle pain and rhinitis during pregnancy are emphasized.

Currently, the Influenza A is the type of greatest concern to the population to be emerging.

According to a study by the University of California Berkeley, consumption of fruits, vegetables and foods rich in protein before pregnancy reduces the risk of developing leukemia in children.

Fruit and vegetable during the investigation research, we studied the case of 138 women with children who had lymphoblastic leukemia and compared with a control group of women with children who were born healthy. After comparing the diets of women during the twelve months prior to pregnancy, there was a relationship between decreased risk of childhood leukemia and consumption of certain foods such as fruits, vegetables and foods rich in protein.

A study by the University Hospital Arrixaca (Murcia, Spain) linked the risk of childhood leukemia with prolonged exposure to air pollution from traffic.

One of the main findings of this investigation determined that the fact of living during pregnancy to less than 100 meters of a road with heavy traffic in children doubled the risk of developing leukemia.

Specifically, this research studied the health of 187 children who were exposed to air pollution during pregnancy, with the result that 45.5% of them (85 children) had hematologic malignancies, whether leukemia or lymphoma.

Snuff In 2005, a team of researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) concluded that smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood leukemia. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The investigation showed that carcinogens in snuff products can cross the placenta and directly affect fetal genetic material, causing injury associated with various types of childhood leukemia. The results were obtained from follow-up of 50 women undergoing prenatal diagnosis and conducting 800 interviews.

After analysis, we found that the fetuses of smoking mothers showed a significant increase in chromosome abnormalities compared to those of nonsmokers.

A woman is diagnosed with leukemia when she was pregnant. In this case, it would be advisable to delay chemotherapy until after birth. If a woman needs to undergo prior to treatment, it seems useful to begin chemotherapy after the 12th week of pregnancy when the fetus has passed the stage of risk. In some cases it will be necessary to consider the option of abortion.

If the leukemia is diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy is not recommended as it continues forward. Chemotherapy, in those early months, could harm the fetus by preventing normal development. Also this usually triggers a spontaneous abortion.

If the leukemia is diagnosed later, the risks to the fetus are much lower. It is usual to treat the patient with chemotherapy and, when the fetus is mature (at around 8 months) is necessary to induce labor, thus reducing risks.

The Analgesics reduce pain, but not always completely removed. Painkillers are not usually extend labor or interfere with contractions, but can cause side effects in the mother, including drowsiness and nausea. The effect of analgesics on the baby depends on the amount of medication and as near the source is given. There are different methods of analgesia for labor pain:

• Inhalation Analgesia: rare in Spain, this medicine is widely accepted in other countries such as Canada, England, Finland and Australia, where it is used by over 40% of births.
• Regional analgesics: a shot in the lower back of the mother numbs the lower body. It is the most effective means of relieving labor pain but can cause some side effects such as epidural block, the spinal or a combination of both. One of the best known regional analgesia is the epidural.
• Analgesics Systemic: affecting the entire nervous system. These drugs are given by injection into a muscle or vein. Systemic analgesics reduce pain without causing unconsciousness.