Each year, ill health as a result of pregnancy is experienced (sometimes permanently) by more than 20 million women around the world. In 2016, complications of pregnancy resulted in 230,600 deaths down from 377,000 deaths in 1990. Common causes include bleeding (72,000), infections (20,000), hypertensive diseases of pregnancy (32,000), obstructed labor (10,000), and pregnancy with abortive outcome (20,000), which includes miscarriage, abortion, and ectopic pregnancy. The following are some examples of pregnancy complications: * Pregnancy induced hypertension * Anemia * Postpartum depression, a common but solvable complication following childbirth that may result from decreased hormonal levels. * Postpartum psychosis * Thromboembolic disorders, with an increased risk due to hypercoagulability in pregnancy. These are the leading cause of death in pregnant women in the US. * Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP), a skin disease that develops around the 32nd week. Signs are red plaques, papules, and itchiness around the belly button that then spreads all over the body except for the inside of hands and face. * Ectopic pregnancy, including abdominal pregnancy, implantation of the embryo outside the uterus * Hyperemesis gravidarum, excessive nausea and vomiting that is more severe than normal morning sickness. * Pulmonary embolism, a blood clot that forms in the legs and migrates to the lungs. * Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare complication thought to be brought about by a disruption in the metabolism of fatty acids by mitochondria. There is also an increased susceptibility and severity of certain infections in pregnancy.
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