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Homeopathy for Pregnancy
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Homeopathy is ideal for women of childbearing age, since it is a soft system of medicine. During pregnancy, some women opt to live with the discomfort of minor complaints such as nausea or heartburn, rather than seek treatment because they are concerned about the possible side effects of orthodox medicine in her fetus.
Homeopathic medicines are safe for your growing baby, as only a small amount of active ingredient used in its preparation.
By stimulating the vitality in pregnancy, homeopathic treatment can benefit your baby and stay as healthy as possible during pregnancy, you are giving your baby the ideal conditions to develop.
The physical and emotional changes during pregnancy can cause health problems such as nausea, mild urinary problems, diarrhea, heartburn, anemia, varicose veins, back pain, cramps, thrush or emotional pain. All these problems and more potentially complicated symptoms such as hypertension, can be helped by homeopathic treatment guided by professionals.
Homeopathic medicines are safe for your growing baby
The suggestions in this article is for minor problems. If your symptoms are severe or chronic (persistent), consult a registered homeopath, midwife and / or general practitioner. If you are already experiencing a course of homeopathic treatment, contact your homeopath before prescribing for yourself.
Morning Sickness
Symptoms of morning sickness include nausea, occasional vomiting and tiredness. Many women experience these symptoms during the first three months of pregnancy, usually in the morning when the stomach is empty, although it can occur at any time of day.
Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Treatment
Diagnosis
It is difficult to make, it is estimated that up to 12% are misdiagnosed, resulting in serious complications for the delay in correct diagnosis. Identifying the disease early is a necessary measure to prevent breakage of some of the structures or risk of maternal death from excessive bleeding. The doctor referred Based on the statements and findings on physical examination, together with the presence of risk factors, have the elements to establish a timely diagnosis. The pregnancy test should be positive. In case of doubt, request imaging examinations.
Treatment
Because this is an aberration of pregnancy that is incompatible with the baby’s life and endangering the life of the mother, it can not be left to develop. Without complications, the treatment is abortion, which is performed through minimally invasive surgical procedures (laparotomy).
Complications
Are mainly due to the tissue breakdown caused by growth of the fertilized egg. The principal is bleeding, which can lead to shock and death on the pregnant woman. For some women, fertility may be affected.
Progress in Malaria Vaccine During Pregnancy
A recent study has developed an important step towards the creation of a vaccine against pregnancy-associated malaria. The parasite causes the disease can cause fatal reactions in women during their first month of pregnancy.
With the development of the vaccine will prevent many deaths and problems during pregnancy.
Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium that is transmitted to people by the bite of a mosquito. When these mosquitoes bite people, the parasite enters the liver where it multiplies rapidly and goes on to infect red blood cells or erythrocytes. Febrile seizures this causes sudden, intense, every two or three days. This process is exhausted, leaving the body in the case of young children is a high probability of fatal without treatment.
That is why malaria causes about 400-900 million cases of fever and approximately 2-3 million deaths annually, the vast majority of cases occur in children under 5 years. The only way to direct infection among humans is that a pregnant woman transmits them by spraying insecticides to the fetus, which is why these women were particularly vulnerable to this disease because the parasite prevents nutrients from the mother pass through the placenta, thus resulting in abortions and premature births. This disease is very worrying, especially in countries with high infant mortality.
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Ultrasonography of the third quarter
Observe the growth of the fetus
Measurements. As always, the sonographer begins by walking the sensor on the entire surface of your abdomen. The fetus is already too big for him to see in its entirety, but stopping on the skull, femurs, the doctor is able to take action. These data are essential to ensure the baby continues to grow normally. At this stage of pregnancy, weighing between 1, 4 and 2 kg and measuring about 40 centimeters, all organs are working and will soon be ready to go.
Morphological examination. The sonographer continues his review focusing on organs have developed a disease from ultrasound in the second quarter, including the brain, heart and kidneys. It checks for example that communications are established between the heart and the atria are normal or that the kidneys are working properly.
The fetal well-being. Another important aspect of ultrasound in the third quarter: make sure the baby is moving well, he made hand movements that his animated face and swallows it normally, which means for the specialist as it breathes well. A Doppler examination to verify the quality of exchanges between mother and child and then feeding the fetus via the placenta.
The presentation of the baby. It has already upside down in the lower segment of the uterus? Perfect. Ready for the big trip, it is likely to remain in that position until delivery. A breech deliveries or it appears in transverse position? Do not worry, he can still turn around and another ultrasound at 37 weeks of pregnancy will make sure. If this is not the case, your gynecologist will prescribe a scanner to measure your pool. If it is large enough, you can give birth vaginally. Otherwise, a cesarean will be scheduled.
Diseases during pregnancy
Infecciones
Any pregnant suffering from infection should be treated as if I were not taking into account two things: avoid the fever rises over 38 ° and medicate if needed, but with simpler and known antibiotic possible (avoiding the modern that have not been tested in pregnancy). Sometimes, if there is pus, the doctor will tell a culture to find the best drug. Should drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration and eat foods rich in vitamin C as oranges or kiwis, to enhance defenses.
Kidney colic
When a pebble is stuck in the duct that lowers the kidney to the bladder (ureter), there is a very intense intermittent pain, sometimes with nausea, vomiting and a lot of unrest. If the picture is not can trigger contractions in the uterus and promote premature birth, also predispose to kidney infections. You have to take medication prescribed by your doctor without fear. To relieve the pain is very useful to apply hot water in the side that hurts, it is taking a warm bath or a shower directed at the affected area. Drink lots of water helps to remove the stone. The có1icos can be very annoying (some say more women than childbirth).
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Varicose veins during pregnancy
Many women first meet with varicose veins during pregnancy, although the disease is not unique to this period: the genetic predisposition, excess weight, poor diet and sedentary lifestyle are among the factors that add up in favor of the appearance of varicose veins.
During pregnancy there is a whole series of changes to your body, among which are changes in the circulatory system and those with a genetic predisposition, may see appear varices by dilated superficial veins.
This is because the growing baby increases the size of your uterus and this causes a “stop” in the major pelvic blood vessels that carry venous blood to the heart, then a small amount of pooled blood from the superficial veins. In addition, the hormonal changes of pregnancy cause the one hand, retention of sodium and water causing the amount of fluid to transport is greater-and, second, progesterone-very high during pregnancy, a loss muscle tone of the vein wall, which relaxes and becomes prone to swell and deform.
The weight gain beyond what makes also advised that “stop” to increase, and with it the possibility of appearance of varicose veins. Most times, varicose veins occur during the first trimester of pregnancy.
For the appearance of varicose veins, there are areas of the body more vulnerable than others, and that return blood to the heart, should go up, “going against gravity. The legs, the rectum and sometimes the vulva, are often the most affected by varicose veins that are appearing on the rectum, are known as “hemorrhoids.”
Besides being aesthetically unpleasant, varicose veins can be painful and cause feelings of bloating or cramps. When they appear in the rectum, may cause pain and even bleeding during bowel movements or cracks in the area that can be very annoying and painful, making it necessary for medical treatment.
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.