What to do if there is polyhydramnios
Release time : 01/18/2025 18:13:27
Amniotic fluid refers to the fluid within the amniotic sac of the uterus during pregnancy.
Moms are well aware that it is an essential part of maintaining the fetus's life activities and serves as a natural barrier.
Although amniotic fluid is of paramount importance, it is not necessarily better to have more than enough.
What should I do if I have excessive amniotic fluid? What causes excessive amniotic fluid? What is the best food for those with excessive amniotic fluid? What are the effects of excessive amniotic fluid on the fetus? These questions are addressed below.
What to do if the amniotic fluid volume is excessive? First of all, we should know that if the amniotic fluid volume exceeds 2000ml during pregnancy, it becomes excessive. It can be determined through B-scan examination.
In pregnant women, the probability is only 0.5% to 1%.
Abnormal uterine bleeding can also be categorized into acute and chronic forms.
A rapid increase in amniotic fluid volume within a matter of days is termed acute polyhydramnios.
If the volume of amniotic fluid slowly increases over a long period of time, it is chronic polyhydramnios.
So what should I do with too much water? If a pregnant mother is diagnosed with polyhydramnios, it is recommended that you choose a large hospital for examination and treatment.
The doctor will arrange a high-definition B-ultrasound to detect and see if the fetus has any abnormalities.
It is also possible to arrange for an amniocentesis to see if the fetus has a genetic defect.
During the rest of the pregnancy, pregnant mothers also need to go to the hospital regularly for fetal heart rate monitoring and B-ultrasound examinations to closely monitor the growth and development of the fetus.
Doctors will also closely monitor the delivery process.
Because of excessive amniotic fluid, the risk of umbilical cord prolapse (meaning that the umbilical cord falls off the cervical opening) or placental rapture when water breaks is also increased. Doctors will closely monitor the situation to determine whether a caesarean section is needed.
Polyhydramnios are dangerous. Pregnant mothers must closely cooperate with the doctor's advice for examination or treatment to prepare for a healthy birth of the fetus.
Why do we have polyhydramnios Many pregnant mothers want to understand what causes polyhydramnios and why it still happens to them with such a small probability.
The causes of polyhydramnios are relatively complex, and currently medical science cannot explain every cause clearly. Here are some common causes of mild to severe polyhydramnios: 1. Twins or multiple births cause polyhydramnios.
If you are pregnant with twins or multiple children, polyhydramnios may also occur.
In cases of twin transfusion syndrome, polyhydramnios are particularly prone to occur, in which one fetus has too little amniotic fluid and the other has too much amniotic fluid.
2. Geothermal diabetes causes polyhydramnios.
If you have gestational diabetes and are not properly controlled, you may have polyhydramnios.
In pregnant women with diabetes, approximately 10% are diagnosed with polyhydramnios, which usually occurs in the late stages of pregnancy.
3. Fetal malformation leading to polyhydramnios.
In rare cases, due to disease, the fetus can no longer continue to swallow amniotic fluid despite the fact that the fetus's kidneys continue to produce urine.
Causes of difficulty swallowing in the fetus may include pylorus stricture, cleft lip, cleft jaw or some gastrointestinal obstruction.
Some neurological disorders can also prevent the fetus from swallowing, such as neural tube defects or hydrocephalus.
4. Fetal anemia leads to polyhydramnios.
In more rare cases, polyhydramnios may also be a sign of severe anemia in the fetus due to diseases such as RH blood group incompatibility and infection with infectious erythema.
Both conditions can be treated with intrauterine blood transfusions.
If it is erythema infectiosum, it may not require treatment and the baby can recover naturally.
Once a pregnant mother is diagnosed with polyhydramnios, she must also pay attention to the healthy diet of her baby in her stomach.
Pregnant women with polyhydramnios, what should they eat? In clinical practice, traditional Chinese medicine often uses the classic prescription "carp soup" derived from "Qianjin Yaofang" to treat polyhydramnios in pregnant women.
The specific methods are as follows: Materials: 1 carp, remove the viscera, add 15g of atractylodes rhizome, 6g of dried tangerine peel, 15g of tuckahoe, 12g of angelica, 12g of white peony root, and 6g of ginger Practice: Fry thick soup, remove medicinal materials Usage: Drinking soup and eating fish, usually taking 3-5 doses will have obvious effects.
Because carp meat has the functions of nourishing the spleen and strengthening the stomach, promoting water and swelling swelling, while atractylodes rhizome, tuckahoe, ginger, and dried tangerine peel have the functions of strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and are combined with angelica and white peony root to nourish blood and control the fetus, it can achieve the dual effect of removing water without harming the fetus.
In addition, pregnant women with polyhydramnios should try to eat less salt in their diet, drink more winter melon skin soup, white lentils and red beans decocted with water instead of tea, and can also be used to relieve water to reduce the volume of amniotic fluid.
Obstructive azotemia is the condition in which there is an accumulation of waste products, such as urea and creatinine, in the blood.
Insufficient "seawater" can limit the growth space for the fetus, leading to hypoxia and even life-threatening conditions due to distress.
However, having too much seawater is not good either. This can easily lead to premature birth and hypertension during pregnancy complications.
Generally speaking, the more serious the polyhydramnios is, the higher the mortality rate of the baby.
In patients with obvious polyhydramnios, the prognosis of the newborn is poor.
Although B-ultrasound can detect obvious fetal malformations, fetuses with normal appearance should still be taken seriously, because some fetal malformations are still difficult to detect by B-ultrasound, and the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities is high.
People with polyhydramnios have an increased incidence of complications such as premature birth, umbilical cord prolapse, and placental rapture, which affects the prognosis of the fetus.
Pregnancy complicated with diabetes and neonatal polycythemia can lead to poor fetal prognosis.
In order to give birth to children, pregnant mothers must pay special attention to the problem of polyhydramnios. Once a problem is discovered, go to the hospital as soon as possible for formal examination and treatment to avoid missing the best treatment time and causing the condition to become more and more serious.
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