Miscarriage (Abortion): Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by miscarriage (abortion):

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Septic shock – severe blood poisoning, possibly resulting in death.

Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Anxiety/anxiety disorder
  • Depressiveness/Depression
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – delayed psychological response to one or more stressful events of particular severity or catastrophic magnitude. The experiences (traumas) may be of longer or shorter duration.

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).

Further

  • Dead fetus syndrome – consumption coagulopathy in pregnancy; caused by the death of the fetus (fetus) with subsequent retention, that is, the absence of miscarriage. Triggered by the washing of proteolytic enzymes and tissue thrombokinase into the maternal (maternal) circulation.

Prognostic factors

  • Pregnant women who became pregnant again after one or two previous miscarriages and who experienced nausea and vomiting in the first gestational weeks (weeks after fertilization) had a lower risk of miscarriage:
    • Women with nausea had a 50% reduced risk of miscarriage (hazard ratio of 0.50; 95 percent confidence interval 0.32-0.80).
    • In women with nausea and vomiting, the risk of miscarriage was reduced by as much as 75% (hazard ratio of 0.75; 95 percent confidence interval 0.12-0.51).