Possible problem
There is enough talk about hypoxia today. This term can be heard by any future mother in a antenatal clinic, maternity ward, as well as at a child neurologist’s appointment after the baby’s birth. The thing is that hypoxia is the result of complications arising during pregnancy or childbirth, which can then adversely affect the further development of the child. Therefore, prevention is worth thinking in advance.
What is fetal
hypoxia . Symptoms and manifestations
A deficiency in the supply of oxygen to the tissues and organs of the baby or incomplete absorption of oxygen is called hypoxia. The effects of oxygen starvation during different periods of pregnancy may vary. In the early stages, with the formation of organs and systems, severe oxygen starvation can lead to a slowdown in embryo growth and the appearance of anomalies in development. Fetal hypoxia - its symptoms at a later date are more dangerous - can lead to the fact that the fetus will develop more slowly, the central nervous system of the fetus and newborn will be affected, as well as the child’s adaptation processes in the postpartum period. In rare situations, it can lead to the birth of a dead child or his death after childbirth.
Hypoxia of the fetus - symptoms and types.
Depending on how long oxygen starvation lasts , chronic and acute hypoxia of the fetus is distinguished. Chronic develops in the case when the fetus is not adequately supplied with oxygen for a long time due to the organ diseases of the future mother and pregnancy complications. It can also be caused by smoking, alcohol, drugs. Hypoxia of the fetus during childbirth can also occur and it proceeds in an acute form. Very rarely, acute oxygen starvation occurs during pregnancy with a life-threatening condition for the mother (premature exfoliation of the placenta, ruptured uterus). Sometimes both types of hypoxia can be combined together.
Fetal hypoxia - symptoms and effects on the fetus
Not every pregnancy that occurs with the above diseases has a complication in the form of intrauterine oxygen starvation. The thing is that there are physiological features in the
intrauterine development that create obstacles to the occurrence of this condition:
- more oxygen molecules can fit in the blood of the fetus than in the blood of adults;
- the heart passes much more blood;
- the blood contains a special fetal hemoglobin in large quantities, with the help of which oxygen easily joins and is given to tissues and cells, which is very important due to the high speed of blood flow.
How to trace?
Hypoxia symptoms have different, but under the influence of oxygen deficiency , adrenal function is activated . For this reason, the production of substances involved in heart rate and increased fetal arterial pressure increases. As a result, blood flow is redistributed, that is, blood circulation in the brain, heart and other organs becomes stronger. This is due to the fact that it is necessary to maintain the volume of blood supply and the functions of organs, which are very important in the fetal life of a child.