Why can blood clots appear during pregnancy?

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Normal blood circulation is necessary for the full growth of the baby in the maternal tummy. Any pathology associated with impaired blood clots can disrupt the process of intrauterine development of the fetus and badly affect the health of a pregnant woman.

What it is?

The constancy of the body is impossible without maintaining a certain fluidity and density of blood. It must be sufficiently liquid to penetrate well to all internal organs.

Blood thickening usually occurs. in violation of the process of thrombosis. The development of this condition can lead a variety of reasons.

Doctors call clot compacted bloody "lump", which is located inside the lumen of a blood vessel. At the heart of its structure is a huge number of platelets, glued together with a special organic substance.

Normally, in a healthy organism there is always a strict correspondence between the formation and death of platelets. This is in many ways and ensures the normal viscosity and fluidity of the blood. When pathologies occur in the maternal organism, the blood becomes strongly "thick", and various clots appear.

The most dangerous is their appearance in the large blood vessels that feed the fetus. This leads to the fact that all of its vital processes are disturbed. In the early stages of childbearing, such a situation can lead to a spontaneous miscarriage or the threat of abortion.

The appearance of single blood clots in the very first weeks and months of pregnancy may be quite physiological response. In some mummies, this condition is quite common.

If a woman does not know what is waiting for the baby, then she may consider that these clots are menstrual. This situation is possible, as a rule, in the first 5-6 weeks after conception.

If, in the early stages of pregnancy, severe bleeding occurs, this is already a very threatening situation, indicative of the onset of a possible miscarriage.

In this case, the woman also appears other, very unfavorable symptoms. She may feel severe “dagger” pain in the lower abdomen. In severe cases, the woman loses consciousness from the pronounced pain syndrome.

Spontaneous abortion can also happen after taking a too hot and long bath or going to the toilet. This situation is quite common in women with combined diseases of the reproductive organs.

Symptoms in this state develop, as a rule, rapidly. The severity of bleeding can be quite severe.

How can this condition be dangerous?

A rather critical violation of thrombus formation at 5-11 weeks of intrauterine fetal development. At this time, the baby is laying all the vital internal organs.

Impaired blood supply to the fetus for up to 12 weeks can lead to the formation of serious malformations in it, which may appear after the birth of the crumbs.

The appearance of clots in the blood vessels in late pregnancy is also an extremely unfavorable condition.It can lead to the development of a very dangerous condition, which doctors call hypoxia.

This pathology is characterized strong starvation of cells of all organs of the baby. Prolonged hypoxia is also fraught with the development of numerous diseases. The most vulnerable organs are the brain and the heart of the baby.

Without the provision of qualified medical care, quite dangerous pathologies can form in a baby, which often acquire a further chronic progressive course.

Causes

Obstetricians and gynecologists secrete quite a lot of various pathological conditions in which various clots leave the vagina in pregnant women. In different periods of pregnancy, the situation may be different.

In the early stages

Quite frequent pathology, accompanied by the appearance of clots from the vagina in a pregnant woman, is an ectopic pregnancy. The danger of this pathology is that, unfortunately, it is extremely rare to identify it at the earliest stages. Exfoliating fetus causes severe bleeding, which is accompanied by the release of clots.

Failure to provide timely medical care can even lead to the death of the future mom. In this case emergency hospitalization of a pregnant woman to the gynecology is required and carrying out her surgical treatment with the removal of the ovum.

"Frozen" pregnancy is another pathology that may be accompanied by the appearance of clots. It is characterized by the fact that at a certain stage of its prenatal development, a small embryo simply ceases to fully grow and develop.

This condition manifests itself in the first trimester of pregnancy. This is an extremely difficult pathology. In this case, it is necessary to terminate the pregnancy, since the further development of the baby, unfortunately, is no longer possible.

The detachment of the embryo from the uterine wall in the early weeks of its intrauterine development can also lead to bleeding in a pregnant woman with an admixture of bloody clots. In this situation, the small fruit begins detach from the uterine wall as a result of exposure to a variety of external factors and causes.

Strong psychological stress or too intense physical exertion can lead to the development of such a situation. Also provoke delamination can and various diseases of internal organs, which afflict the expectant mother.

This pathology manifests itself, as a rule, by “bloody” bleeding with the presence of various blood clots in them. The woman has pain syndrome with an epicenter in the lower abdomen. Usually its intensity increases within a few hours.

The pain can be unbearable. Without medical care, the prognosis for women is also unfavorable.

Thrombophlebitis of blood vessels is a very dangerous pathology that can develop in any period of pregnancy. There is a certain genetic predisposition for the development of this disease in a woman.

This disease is characterized by the development of numerous bloodstained blood clots that cover the lumen of blood vessels. This pathology is extremely unfavorable for the course of pregnancy and can lead to the threat of spontaneous miscarriage in the early stages of carrying a baby.

On late terms

Placental abruption is a fairly frequent pathology that can manifest itself in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. This is an extremely dangerous condition for both the mother and the fetus.

In some women, this pathology develops rapidly. Severe uterine bleeding can cause fetal death in a fairly short time. Also, this pathology is a threat to life for the most pregnant woman.

This condition is characterized by the appearance of sudden bleeding or even bleeding.The degree of manifestation of manifestations largely depends on how much the placenta has exfoliated from the inner walls of the uterus.

The appearance of bleeding or spotting in the second half of pregnancy is a very important reason for the emergency call of the ambulance brigade.

Normal in a healthy pregnant woman, vaginal discharge is transparent or light. Their smell is subacid or neutral. Changes in these indicators - a significant reason for unplanned treatment to the doctor.

Normally, no bloody clots, even in small quantities in the late stages of carrying a baby should not be.

In the third trimester, the appearance of clots from the vagina of a pregnant woman may be associated with the discharge of mucus plug. It is necessary to protect the baby, who is in the womb, from various infections from outside. In the final period of pregnancy, the woman's body begins to prepare for the upcoming delivery.

This is manifested by the fact that the mucus plug can move away. For many women, this happens in the shower or after exercise. As a rule, with the discharge of mucous membrane, bloody clots also come out. These allocations are usually the expectant mother notices independently - when inspecting their underwear. In this case, the mucus is visible with various bloody scarlet or pinkish streaks.

Quite often it happens that during pregnancy, future mothers notice pink and not high red on their underwear. This, as a rule, causes them a real shock! Worry and panic is not worth it.

Such a situation may be triggered by minor injuries arising after a transvaginal ultrasound examination or after an examination by an obstetrician-gynecologist. Usually, these symptoms disappear on their own within a couple of days.

Doctors recommend in this case, only to limit any physical activity. In some cases, they may recommend the expectant mother, who has similar symptoms, to stay in bed for a couple of days.

If at this time the symptoms do not progress, and she did not appear red blood streaks, then you should not worry. With an unfavorable outcome of this condition or the appearance of pain syndrome seek medical advice immediately.

What to do when they appear?

The appearance of bleeding - a reason for seeking medical attention. To pull or postpone the visit in this case is simply dangerous! This can lead to a threat to life for both the fetus and the mother. The most dangerous progression of the condition. In most women, after the appearance of clots after a couple of hours, there is a strong uterine bleeding.

If a woman has discovered during urination or while taking a shower some unpleasant discharge from the genital tract, she should immediately see a doctor. It is extremely unfavorable if these symptoms develop in her on the background of increased body temperature or are accompanied by cramping pain in the lower half of the abdomen.

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Information provided for reference purposes. Do not self-medicate. At the first symptoms of the disease, consult a doctor.

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