What's the reason for the knot?

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This problem is a serious problem that once plagued many pregnant women. It needs to be solved immediately for pregnant women. Therefore, it is necessary for us to seriously understand some common medical problems such as fetal umbilical cord knotting. The phenomenon of fetal umbilical cord knotting poses a great threat to infants. What is the reason for squeezing umbilical cord knotting? Now let me tell you something.

What's the reason for the knot?

Umbilical cord knot can be divided into true knot and false knot. True knot of umbilical cord is relatively rare. It is caused by long umbilical cord in early pregnancy (3-4 months). The umbilical cord forms a loop in the uterine cavity and the fetus moves through the loop. The incidence is 0.5% - 3%. After the formation of true knot, if the knot is not taut, there is no symptom, if the fetal blood circulation is blocked after taut, resulting in fetal hypoplasia or intrauterine death.

If the cord is too long or too short, it can be diagnosed early by observing the fetal heart rate changes with B-ultrasound and electronic monitoring. If the cord is too long, it does not need treatment. Only when the cord is too long and causes complications such as twining, knotting and prolapse, it needs to be treated. However, if the umbilical cord is too short, it is difficult to make a diagnosis even by B-ultrasound examination. If the fetus is difficult to descend and the labor process is prolonged during delivery, the fetal heart rate should be closely observed.

If abnormal fetal heart rate is found, it can be early diagnosed as fetal distress caused by umbilical cord factors. Once these problems occur, cesarean section should be carried out immediately. If abnormal fetal heart rate occurs after entering the second stage of labor, it can be delivered from the vagina quickly, and the umbilical cord can be clamped and cut off immediately after the delivery of fetal shoulder.

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Fetal umbilical cord knot is an important problem that threatens the life of the fetus. This kind of problem needs our early detection and treatment. Therefore, we should be alert to this kind of problem and solve it in time when necessary, so that our baby can come to the world safely and bring the greatest happiness to the whole family.