FETAL HYDROPS

 

FETAL HYDROPS
FETAL HYDROPS IS A CONDITION WHERE THERR IS A FLUID COLLECTION IN TWO BODY CAVITIES.
LIKE PLEURAL EFFUSION,PERICARDIAL EFFUSION,ASCITES,SUBCUTANEOUS EDEMA ETC

ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS CAN BE MANY
IMMUNE OR NONIMMUNE
-- IMMUNE LIKE RH INCOMPABILITY IN RH NEGATIVE MOTHER
-- NONIMMUNE LIKE GENETIC PROBLEM ,FETAL INFECTIOS,CONGENITAL ANOMALY CAUSING THIS ETC

EVALUAITON OF FETUS FOR PROGNOSIS IS IMPORTANT
FETAL THERAPY MAY BE INDICATED AFTER EVALUATION TO RESCUE THE BABY

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