Now new mothers are being given the opportunity to 'eat' their
placenta in a powdered form after they have given birth, thanks to a new service,
The incidence of morbidly adherent
placenta increases with the number of caesarean sections performed.
One of the most common placental abnormalities is abruptio
placenta; this Latin term is explained as 'rending asunder of the
placenta', implying and denoting a sudden accident1.
Speaking, the father of the baby, said 'after the death of my wife, I took the corpse, the baby and the
placenta to the state Specialist Hospital.
[U.S.A.], Jan 19 ( ANI ):
Placenta regulates how much of oxygen and nutrients need to be transported to babies during challenging pregnancies, and is trained to adapt when to-be mothers have poor diets or low oxygen, a recent study suggests.
Placenta adherence is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) describes abnormal invasion of placental tissue into or through the myometrium, comprising 3 distinct conditions:
placenta accreta,
placenta increta, and
placenta percreta.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) guidelines said early diagnosis of conditions
placenta praevia and
placenta accreta was vital, BBC news reported.
Thus deficiency or reduced levels of minerals culminate in retained
placenta (Akar and Yeldiz, 2005).
It is estimated that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy cause about 12% of maternal deaths in the world.4,5 Pre-eclampsia, a severe form of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, complicates about 5-7% of all pregnancies in the world6 and is responsible for 15.9% maternal deaths in United States.7 In Pakistan about 75% of population is present in rural areas, where majority of the patients are not receiving proper antenatal care and they present to the tertiary care hospitals with complications of PIH.8
Placenta is affected by the complexities of intrauterine life and in order to prevent complications of the fetus, it shows an adaptive response.
Garcia shared photos of her baby, with 'sister
placenta' still connected.
En el Sindrome Hipertensivo del Embarazo (SHE), las vellosidades coriales, en las gestantes con desordenes hipertensivos, sufren un proceso de acelerada maduracion; un envejecimiento rapido puede dar origen a una temprana apoptosis o necrosis del trofoblasto que provocaria una separacion de las vellosidades de anclaje, fijas en la placa basal, en consecuencia el desprendimiento de la
placenta seria inminente.