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Doctor tell me is there an accumulation of fluids in the tissue during pregnancy. Because answering questions about your health is an important part of your doctor's services. The Minnesota State Medical Association presents doctor tell me here to ask the doctor your questions. Is Janice Hughes dead. Today your health questions will be answered by Dr. Rodney F. sternly. A St. Paul obstetrician and a gynaecologist doctor Stilly. How can the abnormal accumulation of fluids affect a pregnancy. The accumulation of unusual amounts of tissue fluid. Primarily concerns us with the possible development of toxemia the toxemia is the name of the complication. Late in pregnancy the three associated findings are found elevated blood pressure swelling of the soft tissue
and albumin in the urine. Now just because a girl has fluid in her tissue doesn't mean that she's going to have toxemia. But if she has an excess of tissue fluid we start looking and watching for toxemia. And more important we tried to treat this girl so that she eliminates this unnecessary amount of tissue fluid. Will this cause swelling. And if it does should the swelling be reported. Yes. This is how we notice it it's usually dependent we call this a DMA eady. And it's not just mostly around the feet and legs. You take your finger and push it right into the skin to leave a dimple. This is evidence that the fluid is accumulating in the tissue. Yes we try to treat this by cutting down her fluid intake by propping the legs up as often as possible avoiding the
sitting posture. Cut down the salt intake. And of course if the degree of fluid retention is great now we have a perfect indication for medication during pregnancy and the products that we use are called dye your radix diuretics. They're usually taken by mouth and they tend to eliminate this fluid immobilizes the fluid in the tissue gets it into the bloodstream so that it can be excreted in the urine. What if any condition were not treated. Well I think that one of the early signs of toxemia I think that this is probably one of the reasons why we see so little toxemia today is that we are so very careful about prevention cumulated fluid in the tissue. It's so simple to treat these girls that it's a dreadful thing
not to take care of them. Is it detrimental at all to the child. It could be if the girl goes on into a toxemia then it becomes dangerous. The ordinary fluid retention that your your friends speak to you about getting puffy and so forth retaining fluid but without blood pressure is not going to harm the child necessarily and this usually responds to sensible intake of fluid in the administration. How dire effects it is not too complicated a problem to treat with the accumulation of fluid will the woman perspire more easily. No no I dont think so I think pregnant girls tend to be warmer. Their metabolic rate is higher and I think they probably sweat a little bit but I dont think that sweating in a DMA are necessarily related one to the other. Its a definitely this fluid retention is much more common. Late in pregnancy. Thank you very much Dr. Stanley.
The Minnesota State Medical Association has presented Dr. tell me recorded in the studios of KUNM at the University of Minnesota. Janice whose dad has asked the doctor your questions if you have any additional questions write to Dr. tell me. Minnesota State Medical Association Three seventy five Jackson St.. St. Paul Minnesota 5 5 1 0 0 1. This program was distributed by the national educational radio network.
Series
Doctor tell me
Episode
Fluid accumulation during pregnancy
Producing Organization
University of Minnesota
KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Contributing Organization
University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/500-6688mm5k
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Episode Description
Program number 351 asks how the abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissues can negatively impact pregnancies.
Series Description
Weekly interviews with a Minneapolis-St. Paul area doctor about a current medical issue.
Broadcast Date
1969-06-03
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:04:51
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Credits
Interviewee: Sterley, Rodney F.
Interviewer: Husted, Janice
Producing Organization: University of Minnesota
Producing Organization: KUOM (Radio station : Minneapolis, Minn.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
University of Maryland
Identifier: 61-35e-351 (National Association of Educational Broadcasters)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Duration: 00:04:44
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Chicago: “Doctor tell me; Fluid accumulation during pregnancy,” 1969-06-03, University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 28, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-6688mm5k.
MLA: “Doctor tell me; Fluid accumulation during pregnancy.” 1969-06-03. University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-6688mm5k>.
APA: Doctor tell me; Fluid accumulation during pregnancy. Boston, MA: University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-6688mm5k