What is the reason for high bile acids during pregnancy?

Patient's question:

No

Doctor's answer:

Elevated levels of bile acids have no significant impact on the health of pregnant women. The main harm is the adverse effects on the fetus. Increased concentrations of bile acids in the blood affect the excretion of meconium, and the obstruction of meconium excretion further impairs the transfer of nutrients from the umbilical cord to the fetus, making it easier to lead to premature birth, intrauterine growth restriction, fetal hypoxia, and intrauterine fetal death. Intrauterine death is sudden and unpredictable.