Customary complications and screening techniques of early pregnancy

Title

Customary complications and screening techniques of early pregnancy

Creator

Meyyazhagan A.; Kuchi H.; Pappuswamy M.; Di Renzo G.C.

Description

Complications arising during pregnancy are one of the significant public health issues around the world. Being the critical aspect for the growth and development in every human's life, it is necessary to assess any pathological disturbance mainly concerning the well-being of the fetus and mother throughout pregnancy. Few women face health downline while pregnancy, whereas few faces before getting pregnant; both the conditions can lead to complications in maternal and fetal health. Usually, pregnancy-related complications disappear as soon as the baby is delivered or shortly after that. Few complications include premature delivery, abruption of the placenta, preeclampsia, and diabetes. At the same time, gestation and these complications reoccur in successive pregnancies at a higher rate. They can also make the women prone to lifelong medical complications such as metabolic diseases or cardiovascular disease later in life. Most of the complications are mild without progression, but it harms both the mother and baby when they progress. Hence, it is important to diagnose early the danger signs and provide antenatal care to elevate the chances of proper health in both the mother and infant throughout the pregnancy and afterwards. This chapter focuses on the complications faced in the early phase of pregnancies and the screening methods utilized to diagnose them early, along with long-term effects in mothers due to some complications. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

Source

Prenatal Diagnostic Testing for Genetic Disorders: The revolution of the Non-Invasive Prenatal Test, pp. 143-152.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Subject

Complications; Fetus; Mother; Pregnancy; Trimester

Coverage

Meyyazhagan A., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Kuchi H., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Pappuswamy M., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Di Renzo G.C., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-303131758-3; 978-303131757-6

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31758-3_10

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