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What happens in a spontaneous abortion?
Symptoms of spontaneous abortion include crampy pelvic pain, uterine bleeding, and eventually expulsion of tissue. Late spontaneous abortion may begin with a gush of fluid when the membranes rupture. Hemorrhage is rarely massive. A dilated cervix indicates that abortion is inevitable.
What is the most common cause of spontaneous abortion?
Most miscarriages occur because the fetus isn't developing as expected. About 50 percent of miscarriages are associated with extra or missing chromosomes. Most often, chromosome problems result from errors that occur by chance as the embryo divides and grows — not problems inherited from the parents.
What is the difference between spontaneous and missed abortion?
Medical professionals use the term “spontaneous abortion” to refer to miscarriage. A missed abortion gets its name because this type of miscarriage doesn't cause symptoms of bleeding and cramps that occur in other types of miscarriages. It's common to have no symptoms during a missed abortion.
What is known as spontaneous abortion?
Pregnancy loss, also referred to as miscarriage or spontaneous abortion, is generally defined as a nonviable intrauterine pregnancy up to 20 weeks gestation.
What are the warning signs of a spontaneous abortion?
The most common sign of miscarriage is vaginal bleeding.cramping and pain in your lower tummy.a discharge of fluid from your vagina.a discharge of tissue from your vagina.no longer experiencing the symptoms of pregnancy, such as feeling sick and breast tenderness.
How is spontaneous abortion diagnosed?
Ultrasonography is helpful in the diagnosis of spontaneous abortion, but other testing may be needed if an ectopic pregnancy cannot be ruled out. Chromosomal abnormalities are causative in approximately 50 percent of spontaneous abortions; multiple other factors also may play a role.
What are the two types of spontaneous abortion?
The types of spontaneous abortion include threatened, inevitable, incomplete, complete, septic, and missed abortion[1].
What are the complications of spontaneous abortion?
Early complications include blood loss and infection. If left untreated, both bleeding and infection can lead to DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation) and in rare cases even mortality.
What is the normal rate of spontaneous abortion?
Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion involves the loss of a pregnancy, usually within the first 3 months of conception. The estimated frequency of spontaneous abortion is between 12% and 24% of all clinically identified pregnancies.
Why do spontaneous miscarriages happen?
If an egg or sperm has more or fewer chromosomes than normal, the fetus will have an abnormal number. As a fertilized egg grows into a fetus, its cells divide and multiply several times. Abnormalities during this process also leads to miscarriage. Most chromosomal problems occur by chance.
Is an abortion painful?
Having an abortion feels different for everyone — it can be super painful or just a little uncomfortable. Your level of discomfort can depend on the medications you get, how far into your pregnancy you are, and how much cramping and pain you have. For most people, it feels like strong period cramps.
What is the most common type of miscarriage?
Early miscarriage is when a pregnancy is lost in the first 3 months (first trimester) of pregnancy. This is the most common type of miscarriage.
What is the largest reason for unintended pregnancy?
Most unintended pregnancies result from not using contraception or from not using it consistently or correctly. To help women, men, and couples prevent or achieve pregnancy, it is essential to understand their pregnancy intentions or reproductive life plan.
What is the most common cause of abortion in the first trimester?
If a miscarriage happens during the first trimester of pregnancy (the first 3 months), it's usually caused by problems with the unborn baby (foetus). About 3 in every 4 miscarriages happen during this period.
What is the most common infectious cause of spontaneous miscarriage?
Bacterial infectionsBacterial vaginosis. In healthy women, the normal genital tract flora consists for the most part of Lactobacillus species bacteria (Lamont et al., 2011). ... Brucellosis. ... Chlamydia trachomatis. ... Mycoplasma genitalium. ... Q fever. ... Syphilis.
What infection can cause spontaneous abortion?
STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF SPONTANEOUS ABORTION.