Pregnant women |
Pregnancy is a vulnerable time for a woman's body. If not careful fetus in the womb can experiencing miscarriage. In order to not experiencing it, it's good to knowing the factors that can increase the risk of miscarriage.
Preventing course better than cure. Before you decide to get pregnant, there is nothing wrong understand everything that could endanger the pregnancy.
Here are some factors that can increase the risk of miscarriage in pregnant women, is as follows:
1. Age
Age plays a role in increasing the risk of miscarriage. Women are more than 35 years had a higher risk experiencing miscarriage compared with younger women. There are about 20 percent possibility of a miscarriage when a woman is pregnant at the age of 35 years, women 40 years the risk increased to 40 percent, and age 45 years become about 80 percent.
Also, the father's age may play a role in this case. There are studies that show how there is a possibility miscarriages occur if the female partner is 35 years or more, with the chance increased along men age.
2. Ever experiencing previous miscarriages
There is a high risk of miscarriage in women who have a history of more than one time previous miscarriages. In fact, after one time miscarriage, the risk of miscarriage in a subsequent pregnancy is almost the same as women who never experiencing miscarriage, which is 20 percent. But if the woman ever experiencing two times miscarriages, the risk increases to about 28 percent.
3. Medical factors
There are certain chronic diseases that increase the risk of miscarriage, ie woman who had chronic hypertension or diabetes. Also, if the woman has certain uterine abnormalities, the cervix is weak or very short, then these thing increase the risk of miscarriage.
You should also be aware of certain prenatal genetic tests, such as chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, bring a little risk of miscarriage.
4. Smoking, drugs and alcohol
The women who smoke or drink alcohol during pregnancy have a greater risk of miscarriage than non-smokers and avoid alcohol during pregnancy. Also, drug use can increase the risk of miscarriage.
5. Dangerous chemicals
Women should be careful so as not to be exposed to toxic chemicals in places such as workplaces, near the factory, and the like. Several chemicals have been found become dangerous and therefore you should try to avoid from him.
Toxic chemicals can present in the items that may be never you think, including flame retardants (chemicals in refractory items), chemicals in consumer products such as bath care products, make up, and so on.
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