An important warning for pregnant women: “Corona” may destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirth!

A recent study found that the Corona virus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirth in infected women.

It was found that women infected with “Covid-19” face a high risk of these conditions.

It is believed that vaccination can help prevent these conditions.

The researchers analyzed cases from 12 countries, and all cases included unvaccinated women who contracted “Covid-19” during pregnancy.

The study, led by Atlanta-based pathologist Dr. David Schwartz, was published Thursday in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

Schwartz said there are infections that can infiltrate the placenta and cause stillbirth, usually by infecting and harming the fetus, and a recent example is the Zika virus.

Schwartz and his colleagues wanted to know if this was the case with stillbirths in women with Covid-19, but what they found was almost the opposite.

It was the placenta that became infected and extensively destroyed.

"Many of these cases have destroyed more than 90% of the placenta, which is very frightening," Schwartz said.

Normal placental tissue is spongy and reddish in color, and the samples they studied were solid with a darker discoloration of dead tissue.

While other infections can sometimes damage the placenta, Schwartz said he had never seen such persistent and widespread destruction of the placenta.

The placenta is an organ that forms and attaches to the uterus during pregnancy, attaching to the umbilical cord and providing oxygen and nourishment from the mother's bloodstream.

It is possible that the Corona virus reached the placenta through the bloodstream connected to sensitive cells, and caused protein deposition and an unusual form of inflammation that blocks the flow of blood and oxygen.

This in turn led to placental tissue death and asphyxia, the researchers said.

They also confirmed that the Corona virus was also detected in some fetuses, but evidence of asphyxia in the womb points to damage to the placenta as the most likely cause of death.

 According to “Le Figaro,” a report issued by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last November, found that among pregnant women infected with “Covid-19” in America, there was one stillbirth (that is, the loss of the fetus at any time after 20 weeks). Of every 80 births, this compares to one in 155 of unaffected women.

Stillbirths in the study occurred on average at 30 weeks, knowing that a normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks.

It is unclear whether Omicron infection also increases the chances of stillbirth, as the study was conducted before the emergence of this highly contagious type.

For his part, Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, a pathologist at Northwestern University School of Medicine, said that the study supports evidence from reports of small cases, and confirms that placental damage is the likely cause of many stillbirths associated with “Covid-19” and not infection of the fetus.

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