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2. Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis - Wikipedia

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   Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (SPT), also known as suppurative pelvic thrombophlebitis, is a rare postpartum complication which consists of a persistent postpartum fever that is not responsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics, in which pelvic infection leads to infection of the vein wall and intimal damage leading to thrombogenesis in the ovarian veins (left or right, although right is more ...

3. Compression stockings - Wikipedia

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   By compressing the surface veins, arteries and muscles, they force circulating blood through narrower channels. As a result, the arterial pressure is increased, which causes more blood to return to the heart and less blood to pool in the feet. There are two types of compression stockings, gradient and anti-embolism. [2] Compression stockings

4. Postpartum bleeding - Wikipedia

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   Tranexamic acid, a clot stabilizing medication, may also be used to reduce bleeding and blood transfusions in low-risk patients, [31] however evidence as of 2015 was not strong. [2] A 2017 trial found that it decreased the risk of death from bleeding from 1.9% to 1.5% in women with postpartum bleeding. [3]

5. Pulmonary embolism - Wikipedia

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   PE usually results from a blood clot in the leg that travels to the lung. [6] The risk of blood clots is increased by advanced age, cancer, prolonged bed rest and immobilization, smoking, stroke, long-haul travel over 4 hours, certain genetic conditions, estrogen-based medication, pregnancy, obesity, trauma or bone fracture, and after some ...

6. Postpartum infections - Wikipedia

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   Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. [1] Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge . [ 1 ]

7. Candiace Dillard Bassett shares the ‘paralyzing pain’ of her ...

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   After being prescribed blood thinners to treat the blood clot, Dillard Bassett says she started feeling a difference physically and mentally within a week. “My depression really lifted and it ...