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What are different kind of complications that may occur during pregnancy?

Pregnancy is a crucial period in women life. Sometimes the changes taking place will cause irritation or discomfort, and on occasions they may seem quite alarming. Pregnancy complications should never be overlooked, even if you may never have any, it is better to know what the problems and complications are occurring during your pregnancy.

Some problems faced during pregnancy are backache and pelvic joint pain, constipation, cramp, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), faintness, feeling hot in pregnancy, headaches, high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia, incontinence (wetting or soiling yourself), indigestion and heartburn, itching, leaking nipples, nausea and morning sickness, nose bleeds, passing water often, piles, severe itching and obstetric cholestasis, skin and hair changes, sleeplessness, slow-growing babies, stretch marks, swollen ankles, feet and fingers, teeth and gums, vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding.

FIRST TRIMESTER

- Nausea and Vomiting : This is due to hormonal changes and frequently changing levels of blood sugar in the body. Solution is to avoid drinks that cause discomfort, take rest and sleep, wear comfortable clothes.
- Changes in breast : The breast feels tender and sensitive. The nipple feels sore when touched as the milk ducts are enlarging and blood supply increases.
- Bleeding which can be due to placenta praevia, abruptio placentae, preterm labour, IUGR or foetal growth retardation, post term pregnancy.
- Fatigue and Tiredness : Maintain a proper diet and pamper yourself.
- Frequent urination.
- Vaginal discharge.
- Mood changes.

SECOND & THIRD TRIMESTER

The second trimester of pregnancy is a busy time for both you and your baby. Your baby will be growing very rapidly over the next several week.
- CONSTIPATION: This is common during pregnancy due to relaxation of intestinal muscles. Taking of iron and calcium supplements can cause constipation. Inadequate intake of fiber, fluids, irregular eating habits are also contributing for constipation.
- BACKACHE: Backaches are usually caused by poor posture. Since you now have more weight in front of your body, you may be leaning back to compensate. If you have gained more than the recommended amount of weight, this pain may be worse.
- SWELLING OF ANKLES, FEET, HANDS & FACE: Swelling is the second most common feature in the last trimester. Puffy hands, feet, and face not only make for a funny look but can be very uncomfortable as well. This occurs due to water and fluid retention in the body.
- ABDOMINAL PAIN: There are many causes of abdominal pains. Some twinges and tightening feelings are to be expected, as the area expands to hold the growing baby.
- GROIN PAIN: as your body prepares for labor, your pelvic joints soften so the baby can easily pass through them.
- BLEEDING GUMS: Hormonal effects during pregnancy may cause your gums to bleed. During this time your gums become tender as blood supply increases.
- ITCHINESS: It is normal for the skin to feel itchy as it stretches during the period of the 24th to the 32nd week.

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Peptic Ulcer – Diagnosis, Treatment and Home Remedies and Complications

Diagnosis of Peptic Ulcer

After studying the signs and symptoms and risk factors, including how long you have experienced indigestion and pain, your doctor will do a thorough check of your abdomen and chest as well as a rectal exam to look for any sign of bleeding.
- Blood test for the presence of antibodies to H. pylori.
- Stool sample may be collected to look for the H. pylori antigen.
- Breath test is also available that detects the enzyme activity of H. pylori.
- An upper gastrointestinal (GI) series to get a close look at your gastrointestinal tract. An upper GI series is a set of X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- In endoscopy, a long-narrow tube with a camera attached to the end is threaded down the patient’s throat and esophagus into the stomach and duodenum. The doctor can see the upper digestive tract on a monitor and identify an ulcer if one is present.

Treatment for Peptic Ulcer

Treatment will focus on either lowering stomach acid levels so that the ulcer can heal, or eradicating the H pylori infection.
- A proton pump inhibitor (PPI) or histamine receptor blocker (H2 blocker) to reduce stomach acid and protect the lining of your stomach and duodenum.
- Antibiotics
- People whose peptic ulcer was caused by taking NSAIDs will have to stop taking them, if possible.
- Alginates help relieve indigestion caused by acid reflux and is often found in antacids.
- H2-receptor antagonists medications reduce the amount of acid in the stomach. They are swallowed as tablets.

Home Remedies of Peptic Ulcer

- Banana is a natural coolant. It reduces acids and gas in the body. It coats the soared lining of the stomach.
- Take curd with a little salt and cumin seed powder relieves peptic ulcer.
- A person should drink 8-10 glasses of water daily.
- Cabbage is boiled in water and this water is taken twice in a day.
- Buttermilk taken with cumin seed powder and a little salt helps in washing away the acids of the body.
- Gourd juice if taken daily provides excellent remedy for ulcers. It is a natural coolant.
- Limejuice when mixed in water helps reducing acids in the body.
- Exercise regularly.
- Remain happy.

Complications of Peptic Ulcer

- Internal bleeding.
- Scar tissue.
- Infection.
- Pyloric stenosis is a chronic inflammation in the lining of the stomach or duodenum caused by a peptic ulcer can result in a narrowing of the pylorus.

Surgery is needed to help ulcers heal. You may need surgery if your ulcers don’t heal, keep coming back, bleed, perforate the stomach or duodenal wall, block food from moving out of the stomach.

Heart troubles related to diabetes

Diabetes comes with many complications due to the presence of a higher level of blood sugar caused by the non absorption of the glucose into cells. The higher level of glucose causes thickening of the arteries, and deposits on the walls of the arteries causes reduction in the blood flow, which in turn seriously impacts the heart. Research also shows that silent attacks are also more common with diabetics, and recommend that regular ECG’s are the best way to detect these, since there is no other easy way to detect whether a person has heart problems (link to article):

Cardiologists say that those suffering from diabetes are more susceptible to cardiovascular problems as compared to those who don’t. Statistics show that 65% patients with diabetes die from cardiovascular disease, 20-35% of patients with heart disease have diabetes and 55-60% patients undergoing bypass surgery are diabetics.
Cardiologists also believe that silent attacks are more common with diabetics. “Since the arteries get clogged, it causes pain in the chest. But with diabetic patients, these arteries also cause loss of the nerve function, because of which, the patient might not experience pain while getting an attack,” said Dr Udyavar.