Aging placenta

Introduction Placental aging is the maturity of the placenta, which refers to the degree of aging of the placenta. The lower the maturity, the better the function of the placenta and the more nutrients it can provide for the baby. Placental aging refers to the role of the placenta is low, decreased, the result is fetal hypoxia, malnutrition, developmental delay and fetal distress, and even stillbirth, stillbirth, neonatal asphyxia, etc., the long-term consequences of fetal brain cell necrosis, Dysplasia eventually leads to mentally handicapped children. Placental aging is actually not a very scientific problem, because the placenta, like children, has a process of occurrence, growth, development, and maturity.

Cause

Premature aging of the placenta is not a standard medical concept. For example, the placenta has grade 2~3 calcification in the placenta between 30 and 35 weeks of gestation. It can only indicate the maturity of the placenta, and it has a certain relationship with the placental function, but it is not necessarily related. Placental dysfunction, mostly overdue pregnancy, or pregnant mothers with pregnancy complications, such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes, etc., will lead to reduced blood supply to the placenta, accelerate the aging of the placenta.

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Diagnosis: Placental maturity refers to the degree of aging of the placenta. The lower the degree of maturity, the better the function of the placenta. The more nutrients that can be provided to the baby, the more the placenta ages to the second, third or even calcification. The energy and oxygen provided to your baby will be less and less, causing distress in the palace.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis should be performed with placental calcification. Placental calcification is the later stage of placental aging.

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