This nasty toxicosis of pregnant women

Experts believe that in the norm, since the birth of a new life in the womb, the immune system of a pregnant woman ... "falls asleep." This is necessary to ensure that the fetus develops normally, and the mother's organism does not take it for an "alien body" and does not reject it. Therefore, some women for all 9 months of pregnancy do not feel the manifestations of toxicosis of pregnant women. Unfortunately, recently, such lucky ones are getting smaller. And the number of future mothers who are familiar with such symptoms as nausea, dizziness, vomiting, weakness - is steadily increasing.

The causes of toxicosis of pregnant women can be:

• craniocerebral trauma in the anamnesis;
• severe diseases of various organs;
• violation of the hormonal balance before pregnancy;
• chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, endocrine, digestive systems.

Since few women can boast that by the time of pregnancy she does not have any of the above diseases, it becomes clear why so often gynecologists in Kiev write in the cards of pregnant women - "toxicosis", or on scientific - gestosis.

In medicine, it is common to distinguish between two types of toxicosis of pregnant women:

1. Early toxicosis - occurs approximately from 5-6 weeks of pregnancy and completely passes to the end of the first trimester. Its manifestations are abundant salivation, nausea mainly in the morning hours and vomiting. If such symptoms do not occur every day and do not affect your general well-being, this condition is not a pathology and does not require special treatment. Multiple daily vomiting (6 to 10 or more times a day) requires close monitoring by specialists in gynecological clinics. And indomitable vomiting - immediate hospitalization, because it leads to dehydration of the body and the appearance of acetone in the urine.
2. Late toxicosis is no less an unpleasant phenomenon than an early toxicosis. Its appearance is provoked by a violation of the quality of blood normally folded. Therefore, the work of capillaries and vessels is disrupted, which leads to pathologies of placental blood flow. Immune antigens enter the kidneys and cause damage to their structure, which worsens the work of the filtering organ. Symptoms of late toxicosis are:

• edema - persistent swelling of the ankle, which "rises" upward. The liquid is delayed - the weight increases sharply;
• increase in blood pressure - above 85/130 mm Hg. The same processes occur in the vessels of the placenta, which leads to placental insufficiency. The baby does not get enough oxygen and nutrients, suffers from intrauterine hypoxia and stunted growth. If a woman has headaches, dizziness, "flickering flies" before her eyes, nausea - immediate medical help is needed, since such a condition is fraught with premature births;
• excretion of protein with urine (proteinuria) - is detected in laboratory urine.

Treatment of pregnant with late toxicosis of pregnant women takes place in the inpatient settings of the maternity hospital and includes a diet (salt and liquid intake is limited), admission of kidneys and medicines.