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Pregnant, In Third Trimester, Swelling In Legs, Scan Showed High Amniotic Fluid, Albumin Traces. Suggestion?
my wife is 35 weeks pregnant .. and from last 10 days she has swelling in her legs we checked with the routine doctor check up and during the scan, the doctor found her amniotic fluid to be higher also they found ALBUMIN trace .. KINDLY HELP ME WHAT TO DO and what to be considered and diagnosed...PLS PLS HELP
Mon, 27 May 2013
Hi,
It is quite common the develop swelling in the legs towards the end of the pregnancy. Hands and fingers may also swell with rings becoming tight. You don't say in what sample the doctors found the albumin trace. I'm assuming urine. Again, this is not unusual in the later stages of pregnancy. If these symptoms get a lot worse then it could be pre-eclampsia. You don't mention her blood pressure so I assume it was normal in which case your wife's symptoms are most likely to be normal for this stage of her pregnancy.
It is quite common the develop swelling in the legs towards the end of the pregnancy. Hands and fingers may also swell with rings becoming tight. You don't say in what sample the doctors found the albumin trace. I'm assuming urine. Again, this is not unusual in the later stages of pregnancy. If these symptoms get a lot worse then it could be pre-eclampsia. You don't mention her blood pressure so I assume it was normal in which case your wife's symptoms are most likely to be normal for this stage of her pregnancy.
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