What symptom does pregnant woman lack iron to have

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Anemia is the most common complication in pregnancy. Anemia can cause certain harm to mothers and infants in each period of pregnancy. According to the World Health Organization, more than 50% of pregnant women have anemia, among which iron deficiency anemia is the most common. The prevalence of iron reduction, IDA and iron deficiency in pregnant women is significantly higher than that in non pregnant women. Pregnancy is closely related to iron deficiency.

What symptom does pregnant woman lack iron to have

First: if iron deficiency, that is to say, the plasma protein concentration of pregnant women is low, and the antibody produced is less, so the immunity in the body will decline, and the decline of immunity means that the disease resistance of pregnant women is poor and they are prone to infection. The more iron deficiency pregnant women, that is, the lower the hemoglobin content of pregnant women, the greater the possibility of postpartum infection. 　

Second: pregnant women iron deficiency will also affect the body of the baby's fertility and growth, the child's premature birth rate will increase, it is easy to cause children congenital deficiency, acquired weakness, and prone to respiratory and digestive tract infections.

Third: if a pregnant woman is anemic, she may suffer from shock and death during childbirth. And what may also happen is that when the pregnant women with anemia give birth, they often make the baby unable to tolerate the anoxic state caused by uterine contractions, which is easy to cause asphyxia in the uterus.

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Iron supplementation should be started from the second trimester of pregnancy, and it is too late for pregnant women to start treatment when they have moderate or severe anemia, which affects the fetal iron acquisition, and easily causes fetal growth restriction, fetal distress, premature birth or stillbirth. The risk of pregnant women during pregnancy and delivery will also increase.