Chronic diseases and pregnancy: What could cause complications in her unborn child?

Any chronic disease in one way or another affect the course of pregnancy, and the pregnancy itself affects disease

Doctors call these diseases extra genital pathology and is considered important and serious cause for a close monitoring of the future mother.

Among the diseases that are affected by pregnancy:

Bronchial asthma
Nearly 5% (according to some data, and up to 9%) of pregnant women suffer from asthma. None of the doctors cannot foretell how "interesting" situation will affect the course of the disease.

The more dangerous:
If an asthma attack, it feels not only the expectant mother but also her baby. Hypoxia occurs, then there is a lack of oxygen, which hinders the proper development of the fetus, and if the attack occurred in a significant period for the crumbs when bodies are laid, it is almost certainly not pass unnoticed.

What to do:
Modern anti-asthma medications are safe for a pregnant woman and the fetus. But it is better to take care of oneself and try to avoid contact with allergens. Usually chronic "asthmatics" know that it can cause a seizure. The most common allergen - the usual dust. Its sources - soft toys, draperies and carpets. But everything is in your hands: the drapes easily replaced with blinds, books and small things to hide the glazed shelf. Try as often as possible to change the bed linen, pillows and blankets are washed, possibly purchase a special anti-allergy covers.

You can also buy an air purifier. But before buying to find out how filters work, not to hurt yourself and the baby. If a pregnant woman cleans the apartment itself, it must use a respirator, and restore order after an hour or aired.

Bowel pathology
The growing uterus puts pressure on the intestines, which can lead to malfunction. More often than not - it's diarrhea. Its cause may be stress, infections, and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

The more dangerous:
Diarrhea is often accompanied by abdominal bloating and cramping during bowel. Diarrhea cannot be left without medical treatment, as dehydration can occur, and then the disruption of water and electrolyte balance and metabolism, which is not only dangerous for the baby, but also for his mother. But, it is not necessary to self-medicate. After all, depending on the cause of diarrhea need a completely different drugs.

Another common attack in pregnancy - is constipation. The reasons are numerous: dramatic hormonal changes, the weakening of the abdominal muscles and the perineum, the pressure of the uterus, impaired motility.

What to do:
The most important thing in this case - to establish a proper diet and drinking water treatment. Vegetables (beets, carrots, and cabbage), fruits (plums and apricots), dairy products help to cope with constipation. But if the diet does not help, consult a doctor.

Pathology of the gallbladder
It also happens that chronic diseases of the digestive tract starts for the first time in women during pregnancy. This is particularly true of the gallbladder and bile ducts. Since the cause of the problems is a violation of their physical activity, and during pregnancy increases levels of progesterone - a hormone that relaxes and all the smooth muscles (to prevent premature birth), the gallbladder begins to empty very sluggish, there is a stagnation of bile. But if chronic cholecystitis was already before pregnancy, the effect of progesterone on it, too, will affect. In this case, a woman complains of pain in the right upper quadrant, the feeling of bitterness in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, belching air, heartburn, bloating.

The more dangerous:
Women with the above pathology heavier passes toxemia, sometimes with excruciating nausea, excessive salivation.

What to do:
To cope with the problem of diet will help in which one cannot eat spicy, greasy, fried, marinated, and smoked. Nutrition should be a float. The basis of the menu should be boiled and stewed dishes, low-fat dairy products, eggs, low-fat fish and lean meat. Mandatory acceptance of choler etic drugs of plant origin. You can brew grass (Helichrysum flowers, corn silk, peppermint leaves, rose hips, barberry root) at the rate of 1 tbsp. Spoon 1 cup of raw materials to the boiling water and take one-third cup 3 times a day for an hour or half an hour before meals. If, in spite of diet and intake of herbal decoction, health does not improve, consult your doctor.

Hypertonic disease
This is - a very common pathology in pregnant women. If, before the pregnancy the woman already had hypertension, it is necessary to inform the gynecologist and the therapist, which necessarily needs to be observed the entire pregnancy.

The more dangerous:
This pathology can cause complications and the mother and her unborn child. Due to the high pressure decreases blood flow to the placenta and this often leads to growth retardation. As for the mother, then it is a risk of hypertensive crisis and severe kidney damage. But the main danger of hypertension in pregnancy - the possibility of pre-eclampsia, severe but reversible condition.

What to do:
All fixable with a properly sized treatment. After all, there are lots of antihypertensive drugs (pressure reduction), which is not dangerous for a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. But it is of great importance dosage of the drug, which must pick a doctor.

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