Normal blood circulation is necessary for the full growth of the baby in the mother's tummy. Any pathologies associated with impaired thrombus formation can disrupt the process of intrauterine development of the fetus and adversely affect the health of a pregnant woman.
What it is?
The constancy of the body is impossible without maintaining a certain fluidity and density of blood. It should be liquid enough to penetrate well to all internal organs.
Blood clots usually occur in violation of the process of thrombus formation. A variety of reasons can lead to the development of this condition.
Doctors call a clot a thickened bloody "lump" that is located inside the lumen of a blood vessel. Its structure is based on a huge number of platelets, glued together by a special organic substance.
Normally, in a healthy body, there is always a strict correspondence between the formation and death of platelets. This largely ensures the normal viscosity and fluidity of the blood. When pathologies arise in the mother's body, the blood becomes very "thick", and various clots appear.
The most dangerous is their appearance in the large blood vessels that feed the fetus. This leads to the fact that all of his vital processes are disrupted. In the early stages of bearing a baby, such a situation can lead to spontaneous miscarriage or the threat of termination of pregnancy.
The appearance of single blood clots in the very first weeks and months of pregnancy can be quite a physiological reaction... Some mothers have this condition quite often.
If a woman does not know what is waiting for the baby, then she may think that these clots are menstrual. This situation is possible, as a rule, in the first 5-6 weeks after conception.
If, in the early stages of pregnancy, severe bleeding occurs, then this is already a very threatening situation, indicating the onset of a possible spontaneous miscarriage.
In this case, the woman also develops other, very unfavorable symptoms. She may feel severe "dagger" pain in the lower abdomen. In severe cases, a woman loses consciousness from severe pain syndrome.
A spontaneous abortion can also happen and after taking too hot and long baths or going to the toilet. This situation is quite common in women with concomitant diseases of the reproductive organs.
Symptoms in this condition usually develop rapidly. The severity of bleeding can be quite severe.
How can this condition be dangerous?
The violation of thrombus formation at 5-11 weeks of intrauterine development of the fetus is quite critical. At this time, the baby is laying down all the vital internal organs.
Violation of the blood supply to the fetus for up to 12 weeks can lead to the formation of serious malformations in it, which may appear after the birth of the baby.
Clotting in blood vessels late in pregnancy is also an extremely unfortunate condition. It can lead to the development of a very dangerous condition, which doctors call hypoxia.
This pathology is characterized by strong starvation of the cells of all organs of the baby. Prolonged hypoxia is also fraught with the development of numerous diseases. The most vulnerable organs are the brain and heart of the baby.
Without the provision of qualified medical care, a baby can form rather dangerous pathologies, which often acquire a chronic progressive course in the future.
Causes of occurrence
Obstetricians-gynecologists distinguish quite a few different pathological conditions in which various clots come out of the vagina in pregnant women. In different periods of pregnancy, the situation may be different.
In the early stages
A fairly common pathology, accompanied by the appearance of clots from the vagina in a pregnant woman, is an ectopic pregnancy. The danger of this pathology is that, unfortunately, it is extremely rare to detect it at the earliest stages. The flaking fetus causes severe bleeding, which is accompanied by the release of clots.
Failure to provide timely medical care can even lead to the death of the expectant mother. In this case urgent hospitalization of a pregnant woman in a gynecology is required and carrying out surgical treatment to her with the removal of the ovum.
"Frozen" pregnancy is another pathology that can be accompanied by the appearance of clots. It is characterized by the fact that at a certain stage of its intrauterine development, a small embryo simply ceases to fully grow and develop.
This condition manifests itself in the first trimester of pregnancy. This is an extremely difficult pathology. In this case, it is required to terminate the pregnancy, since the further development of the baby, unfortunately, is no longer possible.
Detachment of the embryo from the wall of the uterus in the early weeks of its intrauterine development can also lead to bleeding in a pregnant woman mixed with blood clots. In this situation, the little fruit begins detach from the wall of the uterus as a result of the impact of a variety of external factors and causes.
Strong psychological stress or too intense physical activity can lead to the development of such a situation. Also, various diseases of the internal organs that the expectant mother suffers from can also provoke detachment.
This pathology manifests itself, as a rule, by "smearing" bloody discharge with the presence of various blood clots in them. A woman develops pain syndrome with an epicenter in the lower abdomen. Usually, its intensity increases over several hours.
The pain can be unbearable. Without medical care, the prognosis for a woman is also unfavorable.
Thrombophlebitis of blood vessels is a very dangerous pathology that can develop in any period of pregnancy. A woman has a certain genetic predisposition to the development of this disease.
This disease is characterized by the development of numerous blood clots that close the lumen of the blood vessels. This pathology is extremely unfavorable for the course of pregnancy and can lead to the threat of spontaneous miscarriage in the early stages of bearing a baby.
At a later date
Placental abruption is a fairly common pathology that can manifest itself in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. This is an extremely dangerous condition for both the mother and the fetus.
In some women, this pathology develops rapidly. Heavy uterine bleeding can lead to fetal death in a fairly short time. Also, this pathology is life threatening for the pregnant woman herself.
This condition is characterized by the appearance of sudden spotting or even bleeding. The severity of manifestations largely depends on how much the placenta has detached from the inner walls of the uterus.
The appearance of bleeding or spotting spotting in the second half of pregnancy is a very important reason for an urgent call for an ambulance.
Normally, in a healthy pregnant woman, vaginal discharge is clear or light. Their smell is slightly acidic or neutral. A change in these indicators is a significant reason for an unscheduled visit to a doctor.
Normally, there should not be any bloody clots, even in small quantities in the late stages of bearing a baby.
In the third trimester, the appearance of clots from the vagina of a pregnant woman may be associated with the discharge of a mucous plug. It is necessary to protect the baby, who is in the mother's womb, from various infections from outside. In the final period of pregnancy, the woman's body begins to prepare for the upcoming birth.
This is also manifested by the fact that the mucous plug can come off. For many women, this happens in the shower or after exercise. As a rule, with the discharge of the mucous plug, blood clots also come out. The expectant mother usually notices these allocations on her own - when examining your underwear. In this case, mucus with various bloody scarlet or pinkish streaks is visible.
Quite often, it also happens that during pregnancy, expectant mothers notice not red, but pink discharge on their underwear. This usually gives them a real shock! You shouldn't worry and panic.
This situation can be triggered by minor injuries after a transvaginal ultrasound examination or after an examination by an obstetrician-gynecologist. Usually, these symptoms go away on their own after a couple of days.
Doctors recommend in this case only to limit any physical activity. In some cases, they may recommend that an expectant mother with similar symptoms stay in bed for a couple of days.
If during this time the symptoms do not progress, and she does not have red blood streaks, then you should not worry. In case of an unfavorable outcome of this condition or the appearance of a pain syndrome, seek medical advice immediately.
What to do when they appear?
The appearance of bloody discharge is a reason to see a doctor. In this case, it is simply dangerous to delay or postpone a visit! This can lead to a threat to the life of both the fetus and the mother. The most dangerous is the progression of the condition. In most women, after the appearance of clots, severe uterine bleeding occurs after a couple of hours.
If a woman finds some unpleasant discharge from the genital tract during urination or while taking a shower, she should see a doctor immediately. It is extremely unfavorable if these symptoms develop in her against a background of increased body temperature or are accompanied by cramping pains in the lower abdomen.
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