A Study of the Some Causes Associated with Single and Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion in Al-Hindia City

J. AL-Salihi, Nawrass; M. AL-Aaraji, Saad

	A Study of the Some Causes Associated with Single and Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion in Al-Hindia City
Medical Journal of Babylon
Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-506
Authors
Nawrass J. AL-Salihi; Saad M. AL-Aaraji
Abstract
A total of 87 consecutive women (mean age 26 years; SD 6 years) had history of abortion (single or recurrent) ,were undergo details of their previous reproductive history and complete investigations in order to detect an underlying cause of their pregnancy losses. All women were asked about if they complained from infertility (primary or secondary) or had history of diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2). Fasting blood sugar (FBS) was performed looking for any hidden cases of diabetes mellitus, while abdominal ultrasonagraphy was done to determine if there is any abnormalities in there genital tract ,also ELISA technique was used looking for anti-Toxoplasma and anti-cytomegalovirus antibodies in the sera of those women who visited the gynecological department in AL-Hindia General hospital during the period from November / 2009 to May / 2010. We found that 27(31%) of those women had anti-Toxoplasma antibodies and 15(17.2%) had anti-CMV antibodies in their sera; 11 (12.6%) women had anomalies in their genital tract (uterine anomalies and cervical incompetence), 10 (11.4%) were infertile (primary or secondary); and 6(6.8%) were diabetic. The rest of the studying group (18) were normal.

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