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Pregnancy Medical conditions Questions
Allergies
Q. What is the best way to deal with calcium deficiency if you have a dairy allergy?Anaemia
Q. Is anaemia in pregnancy dangerous?Q. What is a B12 deficiency oin pregnancy?
Q. What causes anaemia in pregnancy?
Asthma
Q. How does pregnancy affect asthma?Avascular necrosis
Q. What is Avascular necrosis?Bell's palsy
Q. What is Bell's Palsy?Blood pressure
Q. What is the treatment for pre-existing high blood pressure in pregnancy?Q. What is pregnancy induced hypertension?
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Q. How is carpal tunnel syndrome treated in pregnancy?Chickenpox
Q. Is contact with chickenpox whilst pregnant dangerous?Colitis
Q. Will ulcerative colitis affect my unborn baby?Couvade
Q. What is couvade syndrome?Crohn's
Q. What effect will Crohn's have on a pregnancy?Cushing's
Q. What affect does Cushing's have on pregnancy?Depression
Q. What is antenatal depression?Diabetes
Q. What is gestational diabetes and how is it diagnosed?Q. What affect does the father's diabetes have on the baby?
Q. What special care needs to be taken for diabetics during pregnancy?
Dyskaryosis
Q. How should dyskaryosis be treated in pregnancy?Endometriosis
Q. Can endometriosis pose a risk in pregnancy?Fibroids
Q. What complications can fibroids cause in pregnancy?Gallstones
Q. How are gallstones treated in pregnancy?Gastric
Q. When does food poisoning show up and can it affect the unborn baby?Q. Can a sickness and diarrhoea bug in early pregnancy damage the baby?
Q. How should diarrhoea be treated in pregnancy?
Haematuria
Q. What is haematuria?Heart
Q. Why am I having palpitations now I’m pregnant?Q. What are trigeminy and bigeminy that I have been diagnosed with?
Q. Can a mitral valve prolapse affect a pregnancy or the baby?
Q. Why have I suddenly developed tachycardia in pregnancy?
Hyperemesis
Q. Can morning sickness be dangerous if it's constant?Infection
Q. Could a longstanding urine infection damage my kidneys and implicate a caesarean will be needed?Q. Is bacterial vaginosis dangerous in pregnancy and how is it treated?
Q. How is threadworm treated in pregnancy?
Q. Could a maternal infection infect the baby?
Q. Can Hepatitis A cause problems in pregnancy?
Q. Can I pass chickenpox to my baby if I have shingles in pregnancy?
Q. What infections during pregnancy are dangerous to the baby?
Q. Is Fifth disease dangerous in pregnancy?
Q. Would it be safe to get pregnant if I always seem to be unwell with viruses?
Q. Is my baby at risk if my husband has shingles?
Q. What is ureaplasma and why can’t it be treated in pregnancy?
Q. What is trichomonas and is it dangerous in pregnancy?
Q. Is impetigo dangerous in pregnancy?
Q. What is non-haemolytic strep?
Q. Can I take L-Lysine for cold sores in pregnancy?
Q. Is scabies harmful to the foetus and how can it be treated in pregnancy?
Q. Is there anything I can do to stop the recurrent urine infections I have had throughout pregnancy?
Q. What is listeriosis?
Q. Is hand, foot and mouth disease dangerous in pregnancy?
Q. How can I treat verrucas in pregnancy?
Q. What is acute chorioamnionitis?
Q. Can an infection be passed to the baby during sex while pregnant?
Infections
Q. How is genital herpes treated in pregnancy?Q. What is the risk of Strep B on a pregnancy?
Q. Could e-coli be dangerous in pregnancy?
ME
Q. Will I be strong enough to cope with pregnancy with ME?Menière's disease
Q. Does pregnancy make Menière's disease worse?Migraine
Q. Can I take Maxalt melt to treat migraine in pregnancy?Q. How can I treat migraine in pregnancy?
Migraines
Q. How are migraines treated in pregnancy?Molar pregnancy
Q. What are the chances of having a second molar pregnancy?MS
Q. How will pregnancy affect my MS?Obstetric cholestasis
Q. What is obstetric cholestasis?Operations and procedures
Q. Is colonic irrigation safe in pregnancy?Q. Is a general anaesthetic safe in early pregnancy?
Ovarian cyst
Q. Is it normal for an ovarian cyst to move during pregnancy?Q. Are ovarian cysts dangerous in pregnancy?
PCOS
Q. Will PCOS affect my baby in any way?Pericarditis
Q. Will my baby be affected if I had pericarditis as a baby?Polyps
Q. Can polyps affect a pregnancy in any way?Pre-eclampsia
Q. What are the risks of pre-eclampsia occurring a second time?Q. What is pre-eclampsia?
Restless legs
Q. What is restless leg syndrome?Rhesus factor
Q. Is it possible for a heterozygous rhesus positive couple to have a rhesus negative baby?Rhesus factors
Q. What are the risks concerning Anti-D antibodies?Q. Why is amniocentesis necessary for rhesus disease?
Q. What are anti-kell antibodies?
Q. What is the effect of Anti-C antibodies?
Q. What is Anti-E?
Q. Is there a risk to the baby if both parents are rhesus negative
Q. Is there a risk of rhesus disease if the mother is positive and the father rhesus negative?
Q. What is ABO incompatibility?
Septicaemia
Q. What is septicaemia?Sexually Transmitted Infections
Q. Can genital warts and chlamydia be treated in pregnancy?Spina bifida
Q. What are the risks of having a second baby with spina bifida?Symphysis pubis dysfunction
Q. How long does SPD pain continue after the birth?Q. Is a vaginal delivery possible with SPD?
Q. Is there a blood test to detect relaxin levels in relation to SPD?
Q. What is the difference between DSP and SPD?
Q. Is there anything I can do to prevent recurrence of SPD?
Thrush
Q. How is thrush treated in pregnancy?Q. Is it possible to insert a canestan pessary too far and damage the baby?
Q. Are acidophilus capsules safe to take in pregnancy?
Thyroid
Q. How will an overactive thyroid affect my pregnancy?Q. What are the effects of hypothyroidism on pregnancy?
Q. What are the signs and effects of an underactive thyroid?
Toxoplasmosis
Q. Would a toxoplasmosis test pick up recent infection?Q. Why isn’t toxoplasmosis routinely tested for?
