The impact of lifestyle factors on age-related differences in hair trace  element  content  in  pregnant women in the third trimester

Contemporary families experience the paradox of traditionalism/postmodernism especially in the postnatal period which presents many challenges to couples subsystem. One of them is the change in roles, which often leads to decreased relationships’ equality. This article tests the impact of change in perceived spousal equality after giving birth on relationships’ quality and the implications of the latter for mothers’ psychological adjustment. Participants included 349 Israeli pregnant women who completed self-reported questionnaires at the third trimester of pregnancy (T1) and 5 months postnatal (T2). The questionnaires dealt with perceived spousal equality, relationship’s quality and psychological adjustment (i.e., postpartum depression, negative and positive affect and life satisfaction). Results demonstrated that decrease in perceived equality from T1 to T2 reduced the levels of relationship’s quality, which in turn resulted in a decrease in mothers’ psychological adjustment, 5 months after giving birth. The centrality of spousal relationship for mothers’ psychological adjustment is discussed.

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Age-Related Patterns in Trace Element Content Vary Between Bone and Teeth of the European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ◽

10.1007/s00244-017-0470-1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 74 (2) ◽

pp. 330-338 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jan Demesko ◽

Janusz Markowski ◽

Mirosława Słaba ◽

Janusz Hejduk ◽

Piotr Minias

Keyword(s):

Trace Element ◽

Roe Deer ◽

Capreolus Capreolus ◽

Trace Element Content ◽

Element Content ◽

Age Related

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The impact of the month pregnant and fetus sex on progesterone and cortisol hormones and lipid profile in the women during the third-trimester pregnancy

Tikrit Journal of Pure Science ◽

10.25130/j.v24i1.772 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

Wahbi Abdulqader Salman Al-Hamdany ◽

Sanaa Mohammed Morshed

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Lipid Profile ◽

Third Trimester ◽

Male Fetus ◽

Female Fetus ◽

Blood Samples ◽

The Third ◽

Trimester Pregnancy ◽

Biochemical Compounds ◽

The Impact

This study was conducted at Salahaddin General Hospital to find out the impact of pregnancy month and the sex of the fetus on progesterone, cortisol hormones and some biochemical compounds (VLDL-C, LDL-C, HDL-C, TG Cholesterol, and Glucose), during the last trimester of the pregnant women. Ninety blood samples were collected from the pregnant women, 5ml blood from each woman, the number of pregnant women during the 7th, 8th and 9th months (34, 29, 27) woman respectively. During the ninth month of pregnancy, there was a significant increase (P≤0.01) in the concentration of cortisol hormone compared with the seventh and eighth month, but the concentration of progesterone hormone decreased significantly (P≤0.01) during the ninth month compared to the seventh and eighth months. The concentrations of (VLDL-C, LDL-C, TG, Cholesterol, and Glucose) increased in the ninth month of pregnancy compared to the seventh and eighth months, while the concentration of the HDL-C increased in the seventh and eighth months compared with the ninth month. There were no significant differences between the male and the female fetus in pregnant women cortisone and progesterone concentrations. The pregnant women with male pregnancy significantly increased compared with the female fetus pregnancy in the (VLDL-C, LDL-C, Glucose) while the female pregnancy significantly increased compared with the male fetus pregnancy (P≤0.05) in concentrations of HDL-C. There are no significant differences observed between the male fetus and female pregnancies in cholesterol concentrations. Conclusion: this study finds out that the ninth month of the pregnancy caused more detriment to the pregnant women and male fetus is more likely to cause stress on the pregnant women than the female fetus. http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjps.24.2019.004

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Features of the course and treatment of glaucoma during pregnancy

Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal) ◽

10.30629/0023-2149-2020-98-3-178-184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (3) ◽

pp. 178-184

Author(s):

T. V. Chernyakova ◽

A. Yu. Brezhnev ◽

I. R. Gazizova ◽

A. V. Kuroyedov ◽

A. V. Seleznev

Keyword(s):

Pregnant Women ◽

Laser Treatment ◽

Progressive Disease ◽

Clinical Course ◽

The Other ◽

Third Trimester ◽

The Third ◽

Chronic Progressive Disease ◽

Hypotensive Therapy ◽

Eye Pressure

In the review we have integrated all up-to-date knowledge concerning clinical course and treatment of glaucoma among pregnant women to help specialists choose a proper policy of treatment for such a complicated group of patients. Glaucoma is a chronic progressive disease. It rarely occurs among childbearing aged women. Nevertheless the probability to manage pregnant patients having glaucoma has been recently increasing. The situation is complicated by the fact that there are no recommendations on how to treat glaucoma among pregnant women. As we know, eye pressure is progressively going down from the first to the third trimester, so we often have to correct hypotensive therapy. Besides, it is necessary to take into account the effect of applied medicines on mother health and evaluate possible teratogenic complications for a fetus. The only medicine against glaucoma which belongs to category B according to FDA classification is brimonidine. Medicines of the other groups should be prescribed with care. Laser treatment or surgery may also be a relevant decision when monitoring patients who are planning pregnancy or just bearing a child. Such treatment should be also accompanied by medicines.

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