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Re: Amniotic Embolysum

From: Valerie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:25:39 -0400

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Leslie, Congratulations on your new baby and on being alive!! Yes, this is an extremely rare event and one from which few persons recover without permanent disability. I'm not a Dr. but my understanding is that somehow a bit of amniotic fluid enters the bloodstream. This foreign material has much the same affect as a bubble of air or a blood clot, stopping airflow to the brain by one of a number of means. There was an article about another woman with an amniotic embolism in a recent Reader's Digest -- you definitely want to read it. As for discussing it with patients, well, there are literally hundreds of things which COULD go wrong in pregnancy or delivery. I would certainly want to know relevant risks, but think it would be absolutely impossible for physicians to cover all possible dangers plus, knowing these remote disorders would unsettle many patients and cause tons of needless worrying. The relevant dangers are bad enough! Val

Leslie Trader wrote: >
> I had a baby on August 20, 1999. I had an uneventful birth but about 10
> minutes after the birth I had what they call an amniotic embolysum. They
> say that there is a less than 1% survival rate and that I am very luck
> to be alive. I have tried to get information on this condition and have
> been unsuccessful. I am very curious to know what this is and what
> happened. If you can give me any information or direct me to where I
> can find some it would be greatly appriciated. I understand that this
> is very rare but I think that it is something that needes to be
> discussed with patients so they know that it is a possibility. Thank
> You so much, Leslie Trader

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