It's The Impact Of Malnutrition In Pregnancy

 

Body requires balanced nutrition with intake enough vitamins and minerals to stay healthy and able to prevent various diseases. Similarly, during pregnancy, pregnant women need to consume enough nutrients to prevent various diseases, either in infants or themselves.

Especially during pregnancy, the nutritional condition of pregnant women need to be more attention, because holding an important role for the development of the fetus, as well as for the health of pregnant women themselves. Being negligent in paying attention to nutritional needs, can cause malnutrition during pregnancy and increase the risk of pregnancy.

It's The Impact Of Malnutrition In Pregnancy

Various The Impact of Malnutrition to a Pregnant Woman to Look Out for

Women with malnutrition or vitamin deficiency during pregnancy can cause a variety of health problems. The following are the various effects of malnutrition on pregnant women:

  • Neural tube defects in the fetus
    Folate or vitamin B9 is one of the types of vitamins that women need during their lifetime pregnancy. Without adequate folate intake, the fetus is at risk of impairment. Consumption of 400 mg of folate a day during pregnancy may reduce the risk of infants with neural tube defects, such as anencephaly and spina bifida . Neural tube defects are conditions in which the baby develops central nervous development problems, including spinal cord and brain.
    • Gastroschisis
      Malnutrition, low consumption of zinc , protein, and smoking habits during pregnancy may cause the baby to be born with a condition of . In this condition, there is a hole in the baby's stomach until some of the contents of the stomach out through the hole. Usually this disorder is accompanied by birth defects
    • Congenital heart disease
      Avoid foods that contain saturated fat, and multiply foods containing vitamin B2 and B3 . Vitamin deficiency can increase the risk of a baby born with congenital heart disease.
    • Cleft lip
      Insufficient nutrition during pregnancy, as well as lack of intake vitamin A and folic acid, can lead to problems in the development of the lips and upper part of the baby's oral cavity. This results in a baby born with a cleft lip, or with lips and a perfectly uncovered mouth cavity.
      • Default diaphragm hernia
        This condition is a congenital defect that causes the baby's diaphragm to not form completely. As a result, some of the stomach penetrates into the chest cavity. Women who during pregnancy lacked selium, calcium, vitamin E, vitamin B12, and retinol, had a greater risk of giving birth to a child with a congenital diaphragm hernia.

      Apart from the above effects, weight pregnant women who are too low and malnourished during pregnancy can also trigger premature birth. It is important to try to avoid malnutrition when you are pregnant.

      Do not let your lack of vitamins and minerals needed by the body. But it also does not mean you can overeat, because you think you eat for two people. Simply fill the required nutrients and routine fetal health check during pregnancy.

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