For many couples having a child is the most important thing in their life. While it is frustrating enough to have fertility problems causing difficulties in conceiving a child, it’s even worse to lose a pregnancy to miscarriage. Well, there is a new type of blood test that may help predict miscarriages and premature births. This new blood test may help to make miscarriages and premature births a thing of the past, the BBC reports.
Pregnancy complications
This new blood test is given during the first 3 months of the pregnancy. It is able to predict preeclampsia, which a complication that causes high blood pressure which in turn can cause premature birth. In more extreme cases, preeclampsia can be life-threatening to the mother and to the fetus as well.
As many as one in five pregnancies can end in miscarriage, with most of those occurring in the first trimester. Also, nearly one in six babies is born premature. The condition preeclampsia affects approximately one in twelve pregnant women, and is considered the “biggest killer of premature births” relays the BBC. These pregnancy complications may all be addressed by this new blood test.
How it works
This new blood test examines the microRNA molecules present in the placental bed – the thick membrane lining of pregnant women- affecting blood supply. This can help to identify problems with blood supply that can cause complications. This blood test performed along with current first-trimester tests like the NIPT, could help doctors identify complications in the mother or fetus in a timely manner so that they may be addressed. Catching any of these conditions early allows them to be properly treated and may save a pregnancy that previously could have been lost.
How accurate is this new blood test?
Four studies that were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) congress in San Antonio, Texas showed that the test can predict miscarriage and preeclampsia at almost 90% accuracy and an even bigger percentage of premature births up to 34 weeks at almost 92% certainty!
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