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  2. Perinatal stroke - Wikipedia

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    These clots can build up enough so that eventually the artery is clogged and no blood can flow through. [23] In addition to vascular damage, trauma to the fetal head from excessive uterine activity, manipulation, pressure, and forceps or vacuum application via direct occlusion or vasospasm can cause perinatal ischemic stroke. [24]

  3. Sheehan's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [14] [5] Some possible predisposing factors to Sheehan's syndrome may include: disseminated blood coagulation (DIC), hypotension, small sella turcica size, and blood clots from a pre-existing hypercoagulable disorder. [9] Atony of the uterus is a leading cause of post-partum hemorrhage, therefore uterine atony could induce Sheehan's syndrome. [15]

  4. Postpartum bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Postpartum bleeding or postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is often defined as the loss of more than 500 ml or 1,000 ml of blood following childbirth. [2] Some have added the requirement that there also be signs or symptoms of low blood volume for the condition to exist. [ 6 ]

  5. Hypercoagulability in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Hypercoagulability in pregnancy is the propensity of pregnant women to develop thrombosis (blood clots). Pregnancy itself is a factor of hypercoagulability (pregnancy-induced hypercoagulability), as a physiologically adaptive mechanism to prevent post partum bleeding. [1]

  6. A leading cause of disability in young women, how a NJ mom ...

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    Postpartum strokes affect 30 of every 100,000 pregnant women. The risk is greater — as high as 1 in 500 — when mothers develop high blood pressure A leading cause of disability in young women ...

  7. Placental abruption - Wikipedia

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    Women who have high blood pressure or who have had a previous placental abruption and want to conceive must be closely supervised by a doctor. [ 17 ] The risk of placental abruption can be reduced by maintaining a good diet including taking folate , regular sleep patterns and correction of pregnancy-induced hypertension .

  8. Lauren Boebert diagnosed with May-Thurner syndrome after ...

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    Cleveland Clinic advises that the best things you can do to prevent the development of May-Thurner syndrome and blood clots are to maintain a healthy weight, drink lots of water and stay active to ...

  9. David Bloom’s sudden death was caused by a ‘silent killer ...

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    If a blood clot breaks free, goes up to the lung and causes a pulmonary embolism, the most serious complication of DVT, symptoms may include sudden difficulty breathing, chest pain, coughing up ...