Signs and symptoms of missed abortion

A missed abortion is also known as a missed abortion, or a stillbirth. This means that although the embryo is dead, it is still in the womb. This situation seriously threatens the health of pregnant women. Abdominal pain is a more obvious symptom. There are many reasons for this type of miscarriage, such as excessive tension, genetic defects, environmental factors, and maternal factors are all important causes of this type of miscarriage.

Signs and symptoms of missed abortion

Missed abortion is becoming more and more serious, troubling more pregnant women and harming their health. After the onset of the disease, there will be amenorrhea and early pregnancy reactions. First, there will be threatened abortion, and then the uterus will stop expanding or even shrink. If it has reached the second trimester, the pregnant woman does not feel the abdomen enlargement and there is no fetal movement. During gynecological examination, the cervix is ​​closed, the uterus is more than two months smaller than the month of pregnancy, and the texture is not soft, and the fetal heartbeat cannot be smelled, which brings more pain and harm to pregnant women.

Abdominal pain is also a more obvious symptom. Early miscarriage will cause bleeding, and then there will be obvious blood in the uterine cavity, especially blood clots will stimulate the uterus, causing contractions, and present persistent lower abdominal pain. Late miscarriage will cause paroxysmal uterine contractions, and then the placenta will be detached, accompanied by symptoms of vaginal bleeding, inducing severe abdominal pain symptoms, causing the patient to feel uncomfortable all over the body. All pregnant female friends need to be vigilant about missed miscarriage and must clearly understand the related symptoms.

Causes

1. Mental stress: This type of reasons includes excessive tension, anxiety, fear, sadness, etc.;

2. Genetic defects: such as chromosomal abnormalities, chromosome mutations of one spouse, and incompatibility of blood types of the couple;

3. Bad habits: such as excessive smoking, alcoholism, excessive coffee drinking, heroin, etc.;

4. Environmental factors: Frequent exposure to chemicals such as arsenic, lead, formaldehyde, benzene, chloroprene, ethylene oxide, radiation, etc. can easily lead to missed abortion;

5. Maternal factors: maternal diseases, such as reproductive organ abnormalities and uterine tumors, herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus infection, etc.

6. Endocrine abnormalities: such as uncontrolled severe diabetes, luteal insufficiency, hypothyroidism, etc.;

7. Abnormal immune function: Pregnancy is similar to allogeneic transplantation. There is a complex and special immunological relationship between the embryo and the mother, which prevents the embryo from being rejected. If the mother and the child are not immune compatible, it may cause the mother to reject the embryo and cause miscarriage.