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Reproductive health
professionals refer to a molar pregnancy as a tissue mass which
develops a malformed or irregular placenta inside the uterus. This
form evolves from two or three sets of the father's chromosomes and
does not have any from the mother. Although the mass created or formed
is not considered an embryo, it however produces symptoms of
pregnancy.
This disorder is generally termed as an abnormality of the placenta
which is brought about when the egg and sperm bond together during the
fertilization stage.Doctors estimate that there are around 1 in 1,000
females who develop warning signs of a molar pregnancy.
How This Deformity Looks Like
In this type of pregnancy, the woman’s uterus is crammed with a mole
that looks like a cluster of grapes. These fluid-filled moles quickly
grow and spread, which usually swells the uterus, albeit much larger
than it should be for gestational stage. As there is no placenta
present, a person usually sees or experiences some form of bleeding in
the uterine cavity or vaginal bleeding.
According to physicians, the common symptoms of this type of deformity
include increased vomiting and dizziness, vaginal bleeding, a swelling
uterus, pregnancy-induced hypertension, hyperthyroidism, pulmonary
embolization and the absence of fetal movement or heart tone.
Types Of Molar Pregnancy
Doctors note that this type of disorder is perceived to be caused by
defects in the genetic information of an egg or sperm and usually
develops during the earliest stage of a pregnancy when an abnormal egg
that has no genetic information gets fertilized by the sperm. In turn,
the sperm's chromosomes become duplicated, resulting in the formation
of a complete mole. However, when a normal egg gets fertilized by a
sperm, this is likely to generate into a partial mole. Here are the
two types of molar pregnancies.
Complete molar pregnancy. This abnormality refers to an abnormal
placental tissue or hydatiform mole that develops into a grapelike
clump or mass, which usually fills the uterus.
Partial molar pregnancy. In this case, a woman’s placenta abnormally
grows or develops into molar tissue and the fetal tissue that is
created will most likely have severe defects as well.
Risks Associated With This Disorder
For someone who develops a molar pregnancy, the risks associated with
this include the occurrence of heavy bleeding from the uterus. The
development of abnormal cell growth referred to as gestational
trophoblastic disease usually continues to grow after the mass is
removed. Reproductive health experts say that there are a number of
factors that increase a woman’s risk of developing this disorder.
Among the major factors that increase the risk of getting one include
age, with the risk steadily increasing after a woman reaches the age
of 35.
Another risk of getting this abnormality includes a previous history
of this disorder, as well as having a history of miscarriage. Women
who have diets which are low in Vitamin A or beta-carotene also entail
a much greater risk of acquiring this abnormality as well.
Medical experts believe that the incidence of this disorder are 8
times much higher in areas like Southeast Asia , with women from
countries in the ASEAN region and Mexico having higher incidence rates
than white US women. In the US, white women however have higher rates
than African-American women.
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