ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Pregnancy can be considered high risk if there are potential complications that could affect the mother, the baby, or both. These cases require special intervention by experts and specialists to ensure that the best possible outcome occurs for both the mother and the baby. Unforeseen illnesses or preexisting diseases can complicate the pregnancy, which, in turn, puts the mother and the baby at risk.
These are some of the factors that can classify pregnancy as a high-risk pregnancy-
- Teenage pregnancy and Pregnancy above the age of 35.
- Women with a previous history of repeated pregnancy losses and previous preterm delivery
- History of gestational diabetes in the previous
- History of antepartum bleeding and preterm premature rupture of membranes also comes under the high-risk category.
- Women with preexisting conditions like Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, Cardiac disease, Anemia, Platelet disorders and Liver problems.
- Women with a history of thromboembolism (obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has become dislodged from another site in the circulation), strokes, and myocardial infarction.
- Some women who have autoimmune diseases, thyroid, other endocrine disorders, renal disorders
- Lifestyle choices like smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, substance abuse and obesity.
- Women with neurological problems like epilepsy, brain tumours, multiple sclerosis, cerebral venous thrombosis and psychiatric illness.
High-risk pregnancy should be monitored and managed in a centre with facilities available for adequate maternal and fetal care.