danger signs of pregnancy

• Vaginal Bleeding


  • The most common cause of bleeding in early pregnancy is abortion
  • Placenta Previa is the most common cause of bleeding in late pregnancy (3rd tri)
• Danger signs of pregnancy

  • Vaginal Bleeding
  • Fever and chills
  • Passage of watery discharge on vagina
  • Severe vomiting – hyperemesis gravidarum
  • Double/blurring of vision
  • Swelling of hands and face
  • Abdominal pain – crampy, early pregnancy pains – abortion
  • Abdominal pain – low quadrant, radiating to the shoulder – ectopic pregnancy
  • Abdominal pain – hard, board like, painful abdomen with or without vaginal bleeding – abruption placenta
  • Sudden, marked change in the character, frequency and strength of fetal movement
• Vaginal bleeding is the most common cause of bleeding in early pregnancy is abortion
• Placenta Previa is the most common cause of bleeding in late pregnancy (3rd tri)
• Severe vomiting is known as hyperemesis gravidarum
• Abdominal pain - crampy, early pregnancy pains

  Abortion
• Abdominal pain - low quadrant, radiating to the shoulder

  Ectopic pregnancy
• Abdominal pain - hard, board like, painful abdomen with or without vaginal bleeding


  Abruption placenta
• TRIMESTER BLEEDING

  First Trimester Bleeding

  a.Abortion

  b. Ectopic pregnancy

   

  Second Trimester Bleeding

  a.Hydatidiform mole

  b. Incompetent cervix

   

  Third Trimester Bleeding

  a.Placenta Previa

  b. Abruption placenta

  c. preterm  labor