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Carpal tunnel syndrome – Carpal tunnel syndrome can occur in up to 70% of pregnant women and typically has a benign course. [16] [17] It manifests as pain, numbness, and tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger and the thumb side of the ring finger. [18] The symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy are usually mild and do ...
The usual signs and symptoms of pregnancy do not significantly interfere with activities of daily living or pose a health-threat to the mother or baby. However, pregnancy complications can cause other more severe symptoms, such as those associated with anemia. Common signs and symptoms of pregnancy include: Tiredness; Morning sickness; Constipation
1 in 20,000 to 50,000 pregnancies [ 1] Gestational pemphigoid ( GP) is a rare autoimmune variant of the skin disease bullous pemphigoid, and first appears in pregnancy. [ 2] It presents with tense blisters, small bumps, hives and intense itching, usually starting around the navel before spreading to limbs in mid-pregnancy or shortly after ...
Fetus in fetu may be a parasitic twin fetus growing within its host twin. Very early in a monozygotic twin pregnancy, in which both fetuses share a common placenta, one fetus wraps around and envelops the other. The enveloped twin becomes a parasite, in that its survival depends on the survival of the host twin, by drawing on the host twin's ...
Superfetation. Superfetation (also spelled superfoetation – see fetus) is the simultaneous occurrence of more than one stage of developing offspring in the same animal. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In mammals, it manifests as the formation of an embryo from a subsequent menstrual cycle, while another embryo or fetus is already present in the uterus.
Specialty. Obstetrics and gynaecology. A vanishing twin, also known as twin resorption, is a fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed. [ 1][ 2] In some instances, the dead twin is compressed into a flattened, parchment-like state known as fetus papyraceus. [ 3]
However, some research supports that the average time to complete recovery is 6.25 years, and the more severe the case is, the longer recovery period. [20] Overall, about 45% of all pregnant women and 25% of all women postpartum have PGP. [21] During pregnancy, serious pain occurs in about 25%, and severe disability in about 8% of patients.
Specialty. Obstetrics and gynaecology, hematology, immunology. Hydrops fetalis or hydrops foetalis is a condition in the fetus characterized by an accumulation of fluid, or edema, in at least two fetal compartments. [ 1][ 2] By comparison, hydrops allantois or hydrops amnion is an accumulation of excessive fluid in the allantoic or amniotic ...