Peripheral Vascular Complications During Pregnancy
Peripheral Vascular Complications During Pregnancy
Discuss one possible peripheral vascular complication from pregnancy. Is there a way to prevent this possible complication or to treat it?
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Pregnant women are vulnerable to blood circulation disorders that cause the blood vessels outside the heart and brain to narrow, block, or spasm even if one has no preexisting cardiac abnormalities. This is called a peripheral vascular complication/disease, PVD. Pregnancy stresses the heart and the entire circulatory system. The blood volume of a pregnant woman increases by thirty to fifty percent to nourish the fetus, meaning the percentage of blood pumped by the heart per minute increases by fifty to fifty percent from normal. The heart during pregnancy, therefore, is overworked. During labor and delivery, abrupt changes are also experienced in blood pressure and flow. After birth, the decreasing blood flow in the uterus also stresses the heart…….
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