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I know that there have been back and forth between different levels of courts in several states and, I think, it should reach the Supreme Court before it is too late. As it was with the famous "Roe." But I think that recent findings should convince, at least the heads of the health department in these states, to agree that abortion, these days, is essential. That pregnancy can pose a life threatening event.
There have been reports how blood clots may be an important factor of the Covid infections, no doubt have been posted here.
But what caught my eyes was this:
Asymptomatic pregnant women suddenly in cardiac arrest. Patients who by all conventional measures seem to have mild disease deteriorating within minutes and dying at home.
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Another big mystery the doctors hope the blood issue will shed light on is why some maternity patients are collapsing during or after giving birth.
A paper published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM in late March detailed how two women with no prior symptoms of covid-19 ended up in intensive care. The first was a 38-year-old patient of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Manhattan who spiked a fever of 101.3 while undergoing a C-section delivery and began bleeding profusely. The second woman, 33, also underwent a C-section but the next day developed a cough that progressed to respiratory distress. Her heart beat irregularly and her blood pressure jumped to as high as 200/90.
Several physician-researchers said the relationship between covid-19, clotting and pregnant women is an area of interest. Women in childbirth can experience clotting and bleeding complications because of the involvement of the blood-rich placenta, but its possible covid-19 may be triggering additional cases by making some womens bodies lose balance.
Theres lots of speculation, Krumholz said. Thats one of the frustrating things about this virus. Were in a lot of darkness still.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-blood-clots/
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(16,190 posts)Instead of ignoring them because they only affect women.
question everything
(47,535 posts)can be dangerous. And, perhaps, some of the heads of the health departments would listen.
Of course, with our medical advice now coming from a nut in the White House.