Category Diseases - discomfort

Vaginal bleeding can occur at any time during pregnancy, from conception to the birth of the baby. However, the importance of this fact will vary depending on the weeks of pregnancy in which the woman is. We must differentiate between staining and bleeding, we refer to staining when the amount is so small that it does not cover or soak a compress, it can be reddish or already brown (coagulated blood).

When we talk about thrombophilia we are talking about a group of diseases in which there is an abnormal tendency to thrombosis, that is, a greater facility to form clots, to form thrombi in the blood, obstructing the adequate arterial and venous blood flow. Thrombus embolic disease can occur in 10-15 of the general population, but also during pregnancy.

In pregnancy, the discomforts that can affect a woman's body are the most varied. From fluid retention, through different emotional states, being overweight or aesthetic problems such as cellulite or unexpected varicose veins. However, the feet also swell and can hurt from weight gain among other factors.

All women want a healthy, happy and safe pregnancy, but in some cases a complication called preeclampsia can occur after 20 weeks of gestation, which is mainly characterized by the pregnant woman having high blood pressure (arterial hypertension), which it can have serious, even fatal, consequences for mother and child.

When the pregnant woman enters the 32nd week of gestation, that is, in the third trimester, there is a discomfort that is repeated in many women as the days go by: punctures in the vagina area. Why does vaginal pain occur in pregnancy? What can it mean? Is there any treatment for it?

We enter the final stretch of pregnancy and it is in the third trimester that the woman feels more discomfort due to the large size of the belly and all the other changes that she has experienced in these last months. Around week 36 of pregnancy, the baby is She places her head down, preparing to be born cephalad, and each day she has less room to move.

Pregnancy is a time of many changes in the woman's body. The breasts grow, the belly increases, the vaginal discharge varies and, sometimes, even the color of the urine can change. Precisely on this last point a lot of doubts arise. Is the urine of pregnant women different as the gestation progresses?

Rubella is a viral and contagious infection that mainly affects children and young adults. It can cause birth defects that can be prevented by vaccination and there is currently no treatment. For this reason, it is important to know how this virus behaves in pregnant women and if the vaccine is applicable or not in pregnant women.

Maria is 37 years old. You are pregnant with your second baby and your due date is approaching. To the concerns that appear in the last weeks of pregnancy in any woman, Maria is now joined by the current situation with the coronavirus pandemic: will it affect her or her baby? Will hospital care change in the lake?

The problems associated with the thyroid gland are quite frequent during pregnancy and their treatment is of vital importance for the development of the pregnancy. Untreated, these hormonal imbalances can result in premature or low birth weight, pre-eclampsia (excessive increase in blood pressure), or even miscarriage.

Abdominal diastasis is a distention of the abdominal girdle: the separation of the rectus abdominis from the linea alba of the abdomen. From 2.5 centimeters it can be considered that there is a diastasis, below it would be physiological, and above 4 or 5 centimeters, abdominal surgery should be evaluated.

When performing the ultrasound of the second trimester of pregnancy, the doctor can inform the mother that her baby has a choroid plexus cyst in the brain, which immediately generates great distress in the parents, so then we go to highlight the most important aspects of this ultrasound finding.

How are we going to prepare to be mothers? We don't have time for that! The nine months of pregnancy we are going to spend going back and forth to the bathroom, giving free rein to all our cravings or showing off our frequent mood swings. So there is no one who concentrates to try to be the best mother in the world, don't you think?

We are going to give you bad news, or perhaps it is not so negative, because after reading it you will be able to decide whether to change something in your life or not, especially if one of your plans is to increase your family. Did you know that everything around us contains chemicals? In the bathroom, in the kitchen, in the dining room ... If you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant, these are the worst toxic habits in pregnancy that every woman should avoid!

All the hormonal changes that a woman will experience throughout her life (puberty, menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation, hormone intake or menopause) will influence the health of her gums. It is precisely during pregnancy when the greatest physiological hormonal changes occur in a woman's life, and one of the areas of the body most affected by these changes is the mouth.

The flu is a disease of the respiratory system caused by the influenza virus. In pregnancy, the woman's immune system is somewhat more depressed and, therefore, pregnant women are more likely to be infected with the influenza virus, however, it must be said that this virus has a contagious capacity, that is , it can pass very easily from one person to another through droplets of saliva that are expelled when speaking, coughing or sneezing.