1.

IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP)

 A DECREASED NUMBER OF PLATELETS, CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME IN LIFE AND

SO OCCASIONALLY OCCURS DURING PREGNANCY
 THE CAUSE OF THE CONDITION IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT IS ASSUMED TO BE AN
AUTOIMMUNE ILLNESS (AN ANTIPLATELET ANTIBODY THAT DESTROYS
PLATELETS IS APPARENTLY RELEASED)

EFFECT

 WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF PLATELETS, MINUTE PETECHIAE OR LARGE

ECCHYMOSES APPEAR ON A WOMAN’S BODY
 PETECHIAE - DENGUE RASHES
 ECCHYMOSES - BRUISE
 FREQUENT NOSEBLEEDS MAY OCCUR

TREATMENT

 EATING CERTAIN FOODS MAY HELP INCREASE A PERSON’S PLATELET COUNT

NATURALLY. FOODS TO EAT TO INCREASE PLATELET COUNT INCLUDE:
 FOLATE-RICH FOODS
 FOODS RICH IN VITAMINS B-12, C,D, K
 IRON-RICH FOODS INCLUDE:
 OYSTERS
 BEEF LIVER
 FORTIFED BREAKFAST CEREALS
 WHITE BEANS AND KIDNEY BEANS
 DARK CHOCOLATE
 LENTILS
 TOFU
1. UTI
- PREGNANCY CAUSE NUMEROUS CHANGES IN THE WOMAN’S BODY THAT
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTIs).
 HORMONAL AND MECHANICAL CHANGES CAN PROMOYE URINARY STASIS AND
VESICOURETERAL REFLUX. THESE CHANGES, ALONG WITH AN ALREADY
SHORT URETHRA (APPROXIMATELY 3-4 CM IN FEMALES) AND DIFFICULTY
WITH HYGIENE DUE TO A DISTENDED PREGNANT BELLY, HELP MAKE UTIs THE
MOST COMMON BACTERIAL INFECTIONS DURING PREGNANCY.

TREATMENT

 AN ORAL NITROFURANTONIN AND CEPHALEXIN ARE GOOD ANTIBIOTIC

CHOICES FOR TREATMENT IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ASYMPTOMATIC
BACTERIAURIA AND ACUTE CYSTITIS, BUT PARENTERAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
MAY BE REQUIRED IN WOMEN WITH PYELONEPHRITIS
 ALL WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY CAN BE REMINDED OF COMMON MEASURES
TO PREVENT UTIs SUCH AS:
 VOIDING FREQUENTLY (ATLEAST EVERY 2 HOURS)
 WIPING FRONT TO BACK AFTER VOIDING AND BOWEL MOVEMENTS
 WEARING COTTON, NOT SYNTHETIC FIBER, UNDERWEAR
 VOIDING IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEXUAL INTERCOURSE