In pregnancy, a common complaint, such as nausea or constipation, is not the same as medical emergencies, such as vaginal bleeding or ringing in the ears. Therefore, if you present any of these warning symptoms in any trimester, you should consult your doctor immediately to avoid complications.
The gynecologist and obstetrician Germán Palacios López, from the Star Médica Lomas Verdes Hospital, emphasizes that a pregnant woman must learn to listen to her body and, if necessary, go to the emergency room, but never ignore some symptoms or warning signs.
At any stage of pregnancy, time is a critical factor if it is an obstetric emergency. The faster a pregnant woman is treated, the fewer consequences she will have, “Because, in most cases, the complications that occur can be prevented or managed, as long as they are resolved as soon as possible”, explains Palacios López, a certified doctor by the Mexican Council of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
An obstetric emergency requires prompt attention to safeguard the life of the pregnant woman and the baby, “It is defined as that state of health that endangers the life of the woman and/or the product, and that also requires immediate medical attention and /or surgery”, states the document Obstetric emergencies in Mexico: designation of concept and use, by Guadalupe Ramírez and Graciela Freyermuth, published by the Observatory of Maternal Mortality in Mexico.
For Palacios López, in most obstetric emergencies, there will always be a certain point of margin to act, control, and prevent fatal complications. Hence, a pregnant woman must consult her doctor in the presence of any different or abnormal symptom, no matter how minimal it is.
The military doctor comments that among the symptoms that should alert a pregnant woman to go to the emergency room immediately are:
On the other hand, the IMSS also advises a pregnant woman to go to the hospital, regardless of the day and time, when there is one or more of the symptoms mentioned above and the following:
Finally, among the discomforts that are NOT an obstetric emergency, but DO require that you consult your doctor, are:
Translated by: Ligia M. Oliver Manrique de Lara
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