Patient's question:
I got married last year. Recently, I've been experiencing lower abdominal pain, especially during my period. I'm very worried about it affecting my fertility, and I'm also extremely sensitive to cold and coldness. Could you please explain what placental insufficiency is and what effects it has on the fetus?Doctor's answer:
The main causes of placental dysfunction include gestational hypertension, maternal heart failure, prolonged supine position in pregnancy, smoking, severe chronic respiratory diseases, severe anemia, and so on. These are the most common factors leading to placental dysfunction. Placental dysfunction can cause fetal hypoxia, malnutrition, developmental delay, and fetal distress, and even stillbirth, stillbirth, and neonatal asphyxia.