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Snuff and Pregnancy
Two totally incompatible situations
Smoking during pregnancy is a serious issue with important implications for maternal and fetal health
Tobacco use is associated with several severe diseases, especially heart disease, various cancers and stroke. He is also well correlated with mortality from all causes.
While in industrialized countries, smoking prevalence is stable or tends to decline in developing nations this addiction is increasing, especially in women.
Situation in the Río de la Plata
According to data obtained from surveys conducted between 2001 and 2004, two of the countries with the highest percentage of women smokers in Latin America are Argentina and Uruguay. It should also be noted that Argentina is among the world producers of snuff and, paradoxically, many provinces receive government subsidies to facilitate the industry.
It is important to know this information linked to the growth rates of smoking among women to promote cessation of snuff, especially in patients of reproductive age. The smoking habits during pregnancy endanger the mother’s health and particularly that of the fetus. Read the rest of this entry »
ABO blood type incompatibility between mother and fetus
There are two classifications used for different types of human blood, the ABO and Rh.
* In the case of the ABO, people can be type A, (only accepts other A and O have antibodies against B), type B, (only accepts other B and O have antibodies against A), type AB (accepts A, B and O, no antibody) and type O (only accepts other O has antibodies for everything else).
* In the case of Rh, people can be positive or negative. The negatives develop antibodies against the positives.
But what is all this antibody?
It means that the body recognizes that element as an invader like a bacterium or virus and attacks it.
What is the ABO blood incompatibility?
Also known as Perinatal hemolytic disease, occurs when the blood of mother and fetus are of different blood groups that we are compatible. For example, if the mother has type O blood and the baby is A, the body of the mother identifies the “A” written on each red blood cell of the fetus as if it were a disease and attacks, destroying the baby’s blood.
What to do if there was diagnosed?
Do not fear the worst. In most cases of ABO incompatibility is possible to have the baby under medical surveillance as the “writing” in the baby’s red blood cells is weak and more difficult for the body of the mother’s note, so do not develop fetal erythroblastosis and have a benign disease.
I need to attend the controls from the time suspected to be pregnant, so it will detect whether this problem exists in time. Controlled with proper care the baby will be as normal as the rest.