What is chorea gravidarum?

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Chorea gravidarum is a rare complication of pregnancy, which is considered to be a late-onset chorea caused by pregnancy. The cause of the disease is not clear, pregnancy is only an inducement, hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy can cause the disease, the patient has no history of infection or heart disease, after termination of pregnancy dance like movement immediately stopped. What is chorea gravidarum? Let's talk about it

What is chorea gravidarum?

This disease is most common in primiparas aged 17-23 years old, and may recur in the second pregnancy. It is rare in women over 30 years old. The clinical symptoms of this disease are similar to those of minor chorea. Headache and personality changes often occur a few weeks before the appearance of dance like movements,

Systemic failure may occur earlier than chorea minor. It is reported that the mortality of this disease is 13.1%, and the mortality of fetus is about 2 times higher. But most full-term babies are normal,

Only a small number of infants were reported to have malformations. Patients often have abortion. Chorea can stop itself in the middle of pregnancy or within one month after delivery. It has also been reported that the patient stopped immediately after induced abortion.

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Mild patients can be conservative treatment, because the vast majority of full-term infants are normal. The treatment principle of this disease is the same as that of chorea minor. The etiology and mortality of chorea gravidarum are high. Therefore, some people strongly advocate terminating pregnancy as soon as possible before the systemic failure, but others advocate non-surgical treatment for mild cases.