Pregnancy history offers insights into risk of CV disease mortality: Study
Pregnancy leads to a lot of radical changes within the body. The entire cardiovascular system reorganizes itself to sustain life for a second person inside the womb. The heart starts beating faster, and the total amount of blood in the body doubles. Mothers grow an entirely new organ, the placenta, to feed and protect the growing baby.
A study published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology revealed that around five to ten percent of people develop a problem with their cardiovascular system during pregnancy in response to the physiological changes occurring and/or problems with the placenta, like “preeclampsia.”
While some disorders are rather benign, like high blood pressure during pregnancy, others are true emergencies, including liver failure, kidney failure, and seizures.
In the study, the researchers looked at the specific order and severity of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy throughout women’s lifetime number of pregnancies with the help of compulsory birth registry and public healthcare system in Norway.
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