Though not often discussed, one in eight pregnancies ends in miscarriage before the embryo reaches 20 weeks. Unfortunately, once a miscarriage begins, there is no way to stop the process and prevent pregnancy loss. Treatment for miscarriage in Cleveland offers several approaches to ensure your health and safety while managing your symptoms.
Therefore, miscarriages may develop in several different ways and have three different treatment approaches. If you are showing symptoms of a miscarriage, call our compassionate team at Advanced Women’s Health and Surgery for more details on miscarriage treatment options.
There are several types of miscarriages that can occur at any stages of a woman’s pregnancy. Therefore, miscarriage treatment in Cleveland has several approaches for different circumstances.
An incomplete miscarriage occurs when the embryo or placenta has died and begun to pass from the uterus but does not do so completely. Since some placenta and fetal material remains within the uterus during an incomplete miscarriage, surgical correction may be necessary.
During a missed miscarriage, the embryo dies, typically with no symptoms, and remains within the uterus along with placenta material. With this type of miscarriage, there are several treatment options for removing the placenta and fetal material.
A complete miscarriage does not typically require treatment since all pregnancy tissue passes from the uterus. However, if a woman has excessive, heavy bleeding during a complete miscarriage, surgery is necessary to prevent blood loss and infections.
Miscarriages that cause an infection within the uterus are septic pregnancies and pose severe health risks. In these cases, surgical treatment is the only option to treat the infection and prevent damage to the reproductive organs.
Miscarriage treatments in Cleveland, Westlake, and Lyndhurst have three typical approaches: expectant management, medical treatment, and surgical treatment. The expectant management approach involves letting the miscarriage progress naturally for three to four weeks. During this time, a woman’s body expels the placenta, embryo, and other pregnancy tissue from the uterus while monitored by healthcare professionals.
When an incomplete or missed miscarriage leaves pregnancy tissue within the uterus, women may be prescribed medications to quicken the process. Specifically, the medications cause the uterus to contract and expel the pregnancy tissue from the uterus to complete the miscarriage. In addition, this treatment option could quicken the miscarriage process for women undergoing a complete miscarriage.
However, surgical correction is necessary when a woman develops an infection in the uterus, excessive bleeding, or has a significant amount of fetal and placenta tissue remaining in the uterus. The procedure uses suction dilation and curettage to cause cervix dilation, allowing the surgeon to access and remove pregnancy tissue and infection-causing tissue from the uterus.
Miscarriages are an emotionally challenging experience. However, treatment for miscarriage in Cleveland could help you manage your symptoms, prevent health complications, and quicken the process. Depending on your miscarriage type and fetal development stage, treatments include monitored natural progression, prescribed medications, and surgery.
However, before treatment, you will need an ultrasound confirmation to determine if you are having a miscarriage. Schedule a consultation at Advanced Women’s Health and Surgery if you are showing symptoms or have a previous diagnosis and need to discuss the best treatment method for you.
Habibeh Gitiforooz, MD | HelloDrG
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