Low location of the placenta in pregnancy - a pathology that occurs in 15-20% of parturient women.
When the placenta is attached to the throat of the cervix at a level of 6 cm or less, this location of the placenta during pregnancy is considered normal. Basically, it is detected during ultrasound and does not carry any danger. If everything is normal by the end of pregnancy, the placenta rises higher.
It is not necessary to panic early, since only five percent of mothers have a low placental location during pregnancy until the thirty-second week, while only a third of them have the placenta remaining in the same place on the thirty-seventh week.
If, after twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy, the placenta is still low, then in this case we are talking about placenta previa. Since in this case uterine pharynx, although partially, but overlapped by the placenta.
Low attachment of the placenta during pregnancy is detected presumably, only when the latter is born, you can talk about the final diagnosis. In such cases, from the edge where the shells ruptured, the distance to the placenta is no more than 7 centimeters. Doctors recommend a vaginal examination with the help of mirrors.
One of the causes of placenta prevalence is in the past postpartum and post-vascular inflammation of the uterus, which led to a disruption in the structure of the uterus provided with vessels, and the walls of the uterus consisting of muscles and difficulties due to this implantation of a fertilized egg. With a lesser degree of probability, the cause may be the strengthening of the egg (already fertilized) in the lower parts of the uterus.
Bleeding is due to: placental detachment from the uterine wall and the opening of spaces between the villi that arise due to uterine contractions, the inability of the placenta to follow the uterine divisions that move. Bleeding during childbirth or during pregnancy is the main symptom of placenta previa. Bleeding, as a rule, is characteristic for lateral and more often for central presentation. Then, when the placenta during pregnancy is low, bleeding occurs in the middle and the beginning of the opening period.
Treatment of placenta previa, including low-lying
The patient is sent to a hospital, there they provide peace and are strictly supervised to ensure that she performs bed rest. At the same time, drugs that reduce the contractile activity of the uterus, as well as drugs that improve blood clotting, give no more than 500 mg per day of ascorbic acid. Carry out a blood transfusion to prevent the fall of hemoglobin, regardless of the absence or presence of anemia. Even if the bleeding has stopped, the patient is not discharged from the hospital. Caesarean section is performed if the diagnosis of complete placenta prevalence is established and if bleeding is repeated at the end of pregnancy. Autopsy of the fetal bladder is effective in partial presentation. If the bleeding site remains untouched by the present part, even after opening the fetal bladder, doctors can use the device to initiate labor, which is folded into the cervical cervix (internal) and filled with a sterile liquid.
We hope that you have received enough information about the location of the placenta during pregnancy. Do not forget to consult and observe with your doctor.