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When it comes to statistical data for any type of illnesses/disease it’s worth to say a couple of words about the difference between two terms: ‘prevalence’ and ‘incidence’. So, prevalence usually refers to the estimated population of people who have a certain disease at any given time. Incidence in its turn shows the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of a disease diagnosed each year.
Gestational diabetes is one of several diabetes types. It develops during pregnancy. So, it affects pregnant women only. Though, it affects not all pregnant women. Statistics says that about 4 percent of all pregnant women (or 135,000 cases) in the United States have this problem each year. It’s absolutely intolerable to say that “ONLY 4 percent”.
This rate is rather high. Moreover there is a danger that after a child birth this disease can develop into a stable form at once or within five to ten years. This depends on the individual peculiarities of the body, genetics, and some external factors. Approximately five to ten percent of women that had gestational diabetes also had diabetes following child birth.
Gestational diabetes is not a reason to refuse from getting pregnant. Of course it’s a danger, but its possibility is rather low.
Jaundice, also known as Hyperbilirubinemia is a common condition in newborns baby. Jaundice is characterized by yellow discoloration of the skin and the sclera or whites of the eyes. Actually jaundice is a symptom, not a disease and there are many reasons for it happening. This disease caused by the high level of chemical bilirubin in the blood. Depending on the level of the chemical, the yellow pigmentation of the skin and the sclera may vary. When it is too high, it could appear as brown and not yellow.
There are a few reason for newborn to have jaundice. One of it is prenatal infection of the mother such as rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis or cytomegalovirus . After birth, any bacterial or viral infection in the baby may cause jaundice.
The most popular one is breast-milk jaundice that occurs in 1-2 percent of babies who are breastfed. This type of jaundice is related to an enzyme secreted in breast milk. This enzyme is responsible for increased absorption of bilirubin from the intestines. The breast-milk jaundice starts on at 4-7 days of life and may last for 3-10 weeks.
If your newborn is diagnosed with breast-milk jaundice, your health care provider may suggest more frequent feedings, or alternating breastfeeding and formula bottles. If the face and body are yellow, then the jaundice is quite high you must take your baby back to the hospital immediately. Don’t waste time going to an outside clinic. Your baby needs a blood test to determine the bilirubin level and immediate treatment if the level is high.
Just one important advice to you, if at any time you are not sure about your baby’s jaundice always check with the paediatrician.
After pregnancy most of the women will experience hair loss. Normally our bodies are function differently during pregnancy. At that time we don’t shed any hair but its happen differently when pregnancy is over which is you shedding tons of hair. In order to form a bones and cartilage for the babies your body will using all the calcium. You will start facing hair loss when not enough calcium for both you and your baby. To face this issue we need to learn from people experience because sometimes doctors also cant answer this situation. This is what I learn from the past and how I corrected it.
First, don’t be panic. Every problem have a solution and what you’re facing will not happen to you permanently. Actually this problem not really hard to handle. You will get your hair back.
What you need to do then is give a close look at your prenatal vitamins. See carefully either that vitamin contain what pregnant women really require. Any calcium supplements that you purchase outside need to get an advice from panel doctors first before you take it. Just to make sure it is safe for you and your baby. As we know Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium but that also could harm you if you have too much vitamin D.
Take more foods which is rich with calcium. A great ways to get calcium is from eating yogurt. cheese stick,milk and ice cream. By the way keep in mind don’t take ice cream too much because that will giving different result.
Don’t over wash your hair because when it is wet hair are not so strong. Try to keep your hair dry as much as possible but remember let it try naturally. Don’t use any equipment like blow dryer or something like that because that can weaken your hair. One more things to keep in mind, please don’t use rubber band on your hair or overuse of using hair product and chemicals.
That is what you need to do. Simple right!
Are you pregnant? As we know, home pregnancy test is one of the best method to know your status but do you know that a few signs are also can tell you the same thing. Normally pregnant women may experience some symptoms that occur to signal their pregnancy. Many of these symptom always happen to pregnant women. Here is the five signs or symptom that will determine you are pregnant.
1.Headache
At the beginning you will feel mild headaches very frequently. This is because of the hormone level changing.
2.Nausea
During pregnancy, nausea is a normal and that will happen to you at anytime whether day or night. This symptom also labeled as “morning sickness” which is usually start after 2 to 8 week of conception.
3.Breast Changes
Pregnant women will notice some changes happen to their breast which is a bit swollen. This condition also cause by elevated hormone levels. They symptom are positively determine it caused by pregnancy.
4.Missed Period
This is a strong reason to tell you that you’re pregnant. If you experience several days late of your period, you can start do home pregnancy test. This signs usually easy to notice.
5.Fatigue
In early pregnancy nobody surely knows what causes fatigue , but it’s possible that elevated levels of progesterone contribute to the exhaustion. This may happen earliest at 1 week after conception.
So you know now 5 signs of pregnancy. If you experience all of this five that surely indicate that you may having a baby in future. Actually there are others symptom beside this 5. Don’t forget to meet a doctor after you observe all the symptom happen to you. That surely a good news for your family!
Do you know that a women who exercise during pregnancy are at risk from a illness that can be fatal for themselves and their baby. Actually this fact just found by researcher and according to them a mom who practice exercise during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from pre-eclampsia, a condition which raises blood pressure leading to strokes and even death.
Previously,we heard that pregnant women are advised to exercise for at least 30 minutes each day but now scientists claim that there is a distinct link between moderate activity and the condition.Maybe there is a big shock when you know the jogging activity for more than one hour and 15 minutes a week more than doubled the risk of pre-eclampsia.They found this in a study involving 85,000 females.
Another fact they just found is a women who exercise for between four and a half and seven hours a week are 65 per cent more likely to develop severe pre-eclampsia and those who did more than seven hours a week were 78 per cent more likely to have the condition.
This means that more than three in ten women who do this much exercise will suffer from severe pre-eclampsia.
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