Missed abortion may occur at different stages of pregnancy, but most often it occurs in the pen trimester (first 12 weeks). The reason for missed abortion may be genetic disorders, hormonal insufficiency, various infections, intoxication, stress, poor diet. The woman is not always immediately notice some trouble in your body, most often missed abortion is determined by ultrasound.

What is missed abortion and why it develops

Stilled called the pregnancy during which the fetus stops growing and dies. This body does not immediately removes missed first trimester fetus, but only after some time. Reasons for missed abortion may be very different, but very often it happens when fetal abnormalities after a viral infection, such as rubella Roseola Herpes, cytomegalovirus infection - they cause intrauterine fetal loss.

In addition, missed abortion may occur when hormonal disorders (eg, with a lack of the female hormone progesterone), an infectious-inflammatory processes of female genital mutilation, severe general diseases, intoxications (eg with frequent smoking, abuse of alcohol or drugs, industrial hazard) stress, heavy loads and so on.

This disease has been called antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).

Signs of missed abortion

Most often missed abortion at first does not manifest. The woman at first may even feel pregnant, including her may continue signs of intoxication (if there was an early toxemia of pregnancy), engorgement and so on.

But most of all pregnancy symptoms gradually disappear: are the symptoms of toxicity, the chest is reduced in size and ceases to be painful if the pregnancy came to a standstill for a longer period, then it disappears a sign of how fetal movements.

After a while, there may be signs of miscarriage - abdominal pain, bleeding. It all ends with the removal of non-viable fetus from the uterus.

What complications may be in the missed abortion? Prolonged exposure in the womb of the frozen fetus can lead to degradation of its tissues and the accession of infection. It is very dangerous at high pregnancy. During a miscarriage sometimes develops significant bleeding.

As confirmed by missed abortion

Suspected missed abortion occurs at the doctor during the examination of women: its value does not correspond to the uterus in pregnancy. Such a woman is sent to ultrasonography (US) and a blood test HCG.

HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) - a hormone that begins to secrete the membranes after the introduction of the egg into the uterus. The amount of hCG in the initial period of pregnancy is growing rapidly. An indication of missed abortion is the reduction of hCG in the blood, determined twice with an interval of two days.

What kind of help should be provided to women

So how to keep the pregnancy in this case is not possible, only with the help of missed abortion is the removal of the fetus from the uterus. If the gestational age was small (no more than 8 weeks), conducted medical abortion Effectively medical abortion?   using the drug mifepristone Mifepristone and misoprostol for abortion: two components of a single method   (progesterone antagonist) in combination with prostaglandins (Cytotec) - substances which increase the contractile activity of smooth muscle of the uterus.

In the later stages performed curettage, which usually helps stop bleeding.

A woman who suffered a missed abortion, fully inspect, identify the causes of miscarriage and being treated. After the treatment it is not recommended to get pregnant for at least six months. During this period, it must receive adequate nutrition, avoiding stress, high physical and neuropsychiatric loads. It is also necessary to get rid of bad habits (such as smoking). If the treatment was carried out on time and correctly, the woman in the future can have children.

Missed abortion is always a reason. This wee rank should be identified and eliminated - only in this case, a woman has the chance of having a healthy baby.

Galina Romanenko

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