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Pregnancy outcome appears to be worse in those with lupus whose disease flares up during pregnancy. [7] Miscarriages in the first trimester appear either to have no known cause or to be associated with signs of active lupus. [8] Later losses appear to occur primarily due to the antiphospholipid syndrome, in spite of treatment with heparin and ...
While early cervical pregnancies may abort spontaneously or can be managed with excision, D&C, suturing, electrocautery, and tamponading, [3] [5] by medication such as methotrexate, [6] and/or by uterine artery embolization, [7] a more advanced pregnancy may require a hysterectomy to control bleeding. [8] The more advanced the pregnancy, the ...
Methotrexate treats cancer, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis but can cause birth defects. Some women can't get it because of abortion laws, fear punishment.
Risks can be firmly tied to miscarriages and others are still under investigation. In addition, there are those circumstances and treatments that have not been found effective in preventing miscarriage. When a woman keeps having miscarriages, infertility is present. [1] Anatomical defect in the mother [2] [3] [4] Amniocentesis [5]
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[1] [4] Miscarriage before 6 weeks of gestation is defined as biochemical loss by ESHRE. [13] [14] Once ultrasound or histological evidence shows that a pregnancy has existed, the term used is clinical miscarriage, which can be "early" (before 12 weeks) or "late" (between 12 and 21 weeks). [13]
When used this way, neither medication is considered an abortifacient. However, the same drugs can be used to induce an abortion, particularly after 12 weeks of pregnancy. [4] [10] Misoprostol (discussed above) is also used to treat peptic ulcers [11] in patients who have had gastric or intestinal damage from use of NSAIDs.