A pregnant woman dies of Covid-19 in Granada

2020-12-09T11:26:50.986Z

A pregnant woman under 30 years of age has died of Covid in Granada, reports Ideal. The Granada newspaper interviews the president of the Medical College and gynecologist at the Hospit

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pregnant

woman under 30 years of age

has died of

Covid

Granada

, reports

Ideal

The Granada newspaper interviews the president of the Medical College and gynecologist at the Hospital Materno Infantil de Granada, who despite not knowing the particular case, does assure that he has seen a "higher incidence of

Covid

patients

in pregnant women" than in the first wave.

Pregnancy increases the possibility of suffering more serious forms of respiratory viral infections such as

seasonal influenza

of every year, and was observed with

influenza A

of 2009, or the epidemics of

MERS

of 2013 and

SARS

of 2003. Pregnant women represent a high-risk group of

severe

Covid

, according to the WHO, and experts point out that they are up to three times more likely to need mechanical ventilation.

Some data collected so far emphasize the

WHO

warnings

"Although the evidence is still scarce, we are observing how pregnant women with

Covid-19

present worse health outcomes than the general population. For example, they have a risk between 2 and 6 times greater of being admitted to

intensive care units

and a probability up to 3 times greater need for

mechanical ventilation

than infected non-pregnant women of the same age. Even so, for the moment there has not been an increase in the mortality rate from

Covid-19

among pregnant women ", details the director of the

ISGlobal

Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative

Why more risk?

One of the reasons for this risk is the immune system, which despite being oriented not to reject the fetus as if it were a foreign body, but at the same time is fully active and can cause the inflammatory complications described in this infection.

Another are the targets of SARS-CoV-2: lungs and cardiovascular system, naturally stressed by pregnancy, having to readjust with the growth of the uterus and the growing need for oxygen of the fetus.

And, the issue of coagulation should not be forgotten, one of the great protagonists of the Covid.

Coagulation changes occur in pregnancy with the aim of reducing bleeding during childbirth and thus reducing the risk of bleeding that can be fatal.

This change in pregnancy that can be considered "defensive", in the case of infection by this virus can become a serious complication.

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