No woman wants to experience a miscarriage, but it sometimes unpredictable. For that to know 7 common causes of a pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage. Someone who had a miscarriage would like to know the cause so that it can be prevented when the next pregnancy. Miscarriage is usually characterized by severe cramping or abdominal pain and bleeding that requires medical treatment.
"Generally about 80 percent of the pregnancy can continue to give birth and havehealthy babies. But miscarriages that occur usually appear at random," says HenryLerner, MD, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard MedicalSchool, as Freshealthy.com read from Parenting.com.
Here are the most common cause for a single or repeated miscarriages, namely:
1. chromosomal abnormalities
Bryan Cowan, MD, chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson said these chromosomalabnormalities or discrepancies to be the cause of at least 60 percent of cases of miscarriage. This condition is caused by damage to the egg or sperm that the chromosomes do not line up properly.
So the resulting embryo has a chromosomal abnormality. Usually couples 2 times ormore consecutive miscarriages are advised to do a medical test for this.
2. Abnormalities of the uterus and cervix is weak
If abnormal uterine shape the embryo can not grow or not getting needed food so can not survive. Generally, these uterine disorders affect about 10 percent of casesof miscarriage.
While a weak cervix also makes the uterus would not hold the fetus grows largerday, when the cervix can weaken the miscarried fetus.
3. Disorders of the immune system (immunology)
In some cases women's bodies sometimes consider the sperm as a foreign body,so that the antibodies in the body to attack its own tissues, including the resulting embryo.
4. Untreated diseases such as thyroid disorders or uncontrolled diabetes
Thyroid disorders and diabetes that uncontrolled causing an unfavorable uterineenvironment. The impact of this condition is difficult to make an embryo to survive.
5. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Women with PCOS have testosterone levels that are too high to cause ovulationand irregular periods. PCOS causes insulin resistance that prevents maturation of the endometrium lining.
6. Presence of bacterial infection
Some bacteria can increase the risk of miscarriage as mycoplasma hominis andureaplasma urealyticum are living in the genital tract of men and women healthy. In women, this bacterial infection to the endometrium (lining of the uterus) become inflamed making it harder for an embryo to develop.
7. Lifestyle of smoking, alcohol, drugs and toxins from the environment
Drugs such as nicotine can enter the placenta and interfere with blood supply andfetal growth, smokers have two times higher risk of miscarriage thannon-experienced smokers.
Consumption of 2 alcoholic beverages a day keeps the women have difficulty conceiving and miscarriage, while women working in certain environments such asfarms, operating rooms and labs have a higher risk of miscarriage, although the reason is unknown.
