Good news about pregnancy and multiple sclerosis

• May 4, 2024

What is multiple sclerosis?

Multiple sclerosis is a autoimmune disorder which mainly affects the central nervous system. This disease commonly affects women who are of childbearing age. Some results of research on the disease show that pregnancy has positive clinical and immunological effects in the process of multiple sclerosis.

The good news

Pregnancy is not at all a problem for multiple sclerosis (MS). In fact, research results indicate that in reality, it is quite beneficial.

The only bad thing that could happen when a woman with MS gets pregnant is that there tends to be a greater possibility of a cesarean delivery and the prenatal development slow, compared to those who do not have MS.

But the advantage is that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis do not run the risk of preeclampsia, hypertensive problems of pregnancy and premature rupture of the membranes.

About the study

The study made use of a national database that is usually used in non-federal hospitals in approximately 38 states of the United States. There was an estimated total of 18 million births, of which 10 thousand were mothers with multiple sclerosis .

Eliza Chakravarty, a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine, notes that results of the study mentioned are beneficial for women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, because they have shown that multiple sclerosis during pregnancy does not increase the risk of complications.

What medications to avoid?

Women with multiple sclerosis who want to get pregnant need to know that there are certain drugs that are capable of treating multiple sclerosis, but they should be avoided during pregnancy and lactation. These medications can be the causative factors of birth defects that can be transmitted to the fetus via the bloodstream and to the baby through the colostrum of breast milk.

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