What is polyhydramnios?
This type of disorder involves an increase in the volume of the amniotic fluid and does not correspond to its duration of gestation. Most often this is already observed on longer terms - 30-32 weeks.
The diagnosis of "polyhydramnios" is based on a study carried out with the help of an ultrasound machine. The term of gestation is of special importance .
What can lead to polyhydramnios in pregnant women?
To begin with, I would like to tell you about the consequences of hydration in pregnant women, and how this phenomenon affects the process of bearing a baby.
First of all, it is necessary to say that this pathology leads to the development of premature birth. Thus, in about 30-35% of pregnancies in which an increase in the volume of the amniotic fluid is diagnosed, babies are born earlier 2-3 weeks.
Also, doctors note that in about a third of pregnancies with the same diagnosis, women complain of a strongest toxicosis, in which there is virtually no stopping vomiting. As a result, dehydration may occur.
But the most dangerous consequence of polyhydramnios can be the development of fetoplacental insufficiency, which is primarily manifested in a violation of the utero-placental system. The result of such a violation may be oxygen starvation of the fetus, which adversely affects the condition of the crumb and its intrauterine development.
In addition to the factors listed above, it must be said that an increase in the volume of the amniotic fluid also adversely affects the location of the future baby in the mother's womb. So often in such cases, the fetus takes a pelvic or transverse presentation.
What are the consequences of polyhydramnios for a child?
It should be noted that the oxygen starvation that develops as a consequence of fetoplacental insufficiency negatively affects fetal development at short periods, or leads to a delay in growth at a later stage.
If we talk directly about the consequences of polyhydramnios for the child himself, the doctors usually call the following:
- chronic fetal hypoxia;
- malformations of the nervous system and gastrointestinal tract;
- intrauterine infection;
- birth before the due date;
- decrease the protective forces of the baby's body.
Thus, as a result of chronic hypoxia, the infant may have a subsequent delay in mental and mental development. In this case, these phenomena can have a hidden character, i.e. manifest only after six months.
The appearance of a baby for a few weeks before the due date, as a rule, does not have any negative impact on his health, unless, of course, this happens before the 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Reduction of the protective forces of a small organism is a consequence of the birth of a child earlier than expected and is fraught with the development of infectious and respiratory diseases in newborns.
Thus, it can be said that the consequences of polyhydramnios observed during pregnancy are quite numerous. That is why those women who are diagnosed with this disorder are under the constant supervision of doctors. In some cases, with the threat of premature birth, pregnant women are hospitalized.