Hepatosis is a disease in which stagnation of bile leads to liver dysfunction. Recently, cases of hepatosis in pregnant women have increased, although this disease was previously found in one of the thousands of women who are carrying a child.
Causes of Hepatosis in Pregnant Women
Experts are sure that this disease most often develops in girls who have liver problems before pregnancy. Activation of hepatosis is due to a very serious shaking of the body during pregnancy. Also factors that provoke hepatosis during pregnancy are:
- Wrong intake of vitamins. Many vitamin complexes, produced especially for pregnant women, often include an excessive amount of substances with which the digestive system can not cope. Often, doctors prescribe a dose that is hazardous to health, without taking into account the timing of pregnancy and body weight of their ward. Any support or treatment of the body should be assigned, relying on the individual needs of women.
- Incorrect power mode. In this case, the hepatosis of pregnant women appears during elementary overeating or adherence to an incorrect diet, when the pregnant woman eats a lot of fatty, salty and roast. As a result, it affects the body responsible for intoxication of the body - liver overload takes place, which quickly overgrows the fatty layer and develops fatty hepatosis of pregnant women.
Hepatosis of pregnant women - symptoms
The main symptoms that indicate the presence of the disease are:
- permanent itching on different parts of the body;
- discomfort, heaviness in the abdomen;
- nausea and vomiting;
- slight aching pain in the liver;
- decrease or total loss of appetite, while it should not be confused with toxicosis diagnosed before the 16th week of pregnancy;
- feces without a characteristic color;
- sharp fatigue.
Hepatosis of the liver during pregnancy is dangerous for both the mother and the baby, so if there are listed signs, you should immediately consult a doctor. However, these symptoms can also speak about a number of other diseases, only an expert can make an accurate diagnosis.
Hepatosis of pregnant women - treatment
With the revealed cholestatic or other form of hepatosis of pregnant women, the severity of the disease is determined, after which the question of premature delivery and ways of treatment is decided. Most often prescribed drugs to reduce the manifestation of symptoms. The complexity of treatment is that pregnant women can not take strong drugs. Some drugs cause fetal hypoxia, which is extremely undesirable and can lead to a delay in the development of the baby. Because of the similarity with infectious diseases, acute fatty hepatosis of pregnant women is difficult to diagnose. If the pregnant woman is in the last months, doctors are required to hold
Diet for pregnant hepatitis
When the degree of the disease is not dangerous, a gentle method of therapy is prescribed - diet. This is especially effective for fatty hepatosis during pregnancy. Future mothers are advised to exclude from the diet salty, spicy, fried, smoked and fatty foods. It is also undesirable to consume canned food. The main menu should consist of natural fresh products: vegetables, fruits, low-fat meat, cottage cheese and milk. At the same time the diet should be normalized, it is best to eat and rest at the same time every day. Also, do not overeat - it is harmful to the liver. The patient's condition is usually quickly improved by the removal of toxins from the body.