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Dealing with repeated miscarriages Part 1 (Teacher: Michael)
Dealing with repeated miscarriages is one of
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many distressing situations that
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doctor has to deal with in his professional life.
A miscarriage can be triggered by
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whole host of factors.
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most common ones are anatomical and genetic abnormalities but there are others. For example, smoking increases
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risk and diseases are also associated with miscarriages. These include thyroid trouble, diabetes and
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wide range of infections, from German measles (rubella), mumps, influenza, listeriosis and toxoplasmosis to herpes and malaria.
Factors in repeated miscarriages are more likely to be hormonal imbalance or
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abnormality of
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womb.
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uterus may have two horns instead of one cavity and there is less room for baby to grow. Previous womb infections or PID - pelvic inflammatory disease, where
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genital organs are damaged and scarred, can also be
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cause. Babies in
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wrong place - in
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confined space of
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Fallopian tube, which normally conducts
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egg from
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ovary to
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uterus - miscarry around six to ten weeks. This is
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ectopic pregnancy. One in 140 pregnancies are ectopic and are more common in women over
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age of 30.
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