Apparently, African-American women who present sickle cell anemia are less likely to have preterm birth and tend to have more multiple pregnancies. Sickle cell anemia is a disease related to the amount of red blood cells in the body and some of its consequences include some serious infections or lack of red blood cells in the blood plasma.
People suffering from sickle cell anemia have episodes of pain, the result of the hardening of the red blood cells due to the abnormal hemoglobin they present, because it causes them to harden, getting stuck in the small blood vessels.
A group of North American specialists developed a study taking the data of more than 5,028 African-American women in a period between 1976 and 2001, 6.5% suffered from sickle cell anemia. The data obtained reflected up to 85% less chance of suffering a premature pregnancy and also presented a 94% more chance of having a multiple pregnancy. It seems that there really is a clear relationship between the disease and the cases mentioned. In North America, most cases of this disease usually occur in African-American people, although this does not mean that it does not affect other races.
Keep in mind that sickle cell anemia in a future mother, to this day represents a higher risk of pregnancy complications that can seriously affect both the health of the mother and the future baby.
The conclusions obtained will surely be used to broaden the study and understand why there is less chance of having a premature birth and greater than having more than one child, perhaps the disease has some beneficial particularity. The conclusions of the study have been published in the digital journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
