Expectant mothers - people are very suspicious. After 20 weeks on the body of a pregnant woman, especially on the feet may appear hematomas. What it may mean? What can be done?
Bruise or hematoma - a blood soaking fabrics. This phenomenon is probably a pregnant for several reasons:
- due to violation of the integrity of the blood vessel
- due to changes in blood rheology (viscosity, flowability).
To cause damage to the vessel wall trauma, bruises but it happens that a gap arises spontaneously, without external influence. Typically, this contributes to the presence of certain diseases affecting the state of the vessel wall - it elasticity and permeability, thus predisposing to fracture, increasing the load on the vascular direction.
Bruises on the legs in pregnancy: what is the reason, how to treat / istockphoto.com
What diseases can cause bruising
Such diseases include:
- Varicose veins,
- hemorrhagic vasculitis;
- diabetes;
- oncology;
- diseases of the cardiovascular system,
- infection
- beriberi.
Many of them are latent within and manifest for the first time during pregnancy.
Helped by an increase in the load on the body of a woman: an increase in the vascular bed due to the appearance third circulation - the "mother - platsenta- fruit"; amount of circulating blood to meet the needs of the growing fetus; hormonal changes, affects the vascular tone.
Bruises on the legs in pregnancy: what is the reason, how to treat / istockphoto.com
What complications can be suspected
Currently, pregnant women are more and more variety of blood diseases that lead to a change in its rheological properties and having such a symptom as the formation of superficial hemorrhages (anemia, thrombophilia leukemias).
We should not forget about preeclampsia or nephropathy, a serious complication of pregnancy in which the pathological process involved not only the internal organs but also the bloodstream. Of course, most of all, the appearance of bruises on the legs is the result of a simple reason - the surface location of vessels or their inherent fragility, but we can not exclude the possibility of a serious diseases.
The fraught with bruises to the child's tummy
Considering how wide the range of causes of the formation of bleeding, while their regular appearance of an urgent need to inform the doctor. Do not forget that the blood vessels are not only in the female body, but also in the body of the child, and problems with the health of the mother can affect the baby's health. Timely treatment to the gynecologist, brought to examination, treatment and monitoring of other specialist (hematologist, phlebologist, endocrinologist, etc.) help to prevent terrible complications.
Also you will be interested to read this: Placenta: what you need to know about it
