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Since the beginning of thePandemic of Covid-19, doctors and scientists have struggled to have a handle on the new coronavirus, constantly learning new things on the wayattack our bodies and theLong-term effects of the virus. So far, limited research has been carried out on coronavirus in pregnant women, but a May study published in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Pathology throws a light on the subject. And with a potential link between coronavirus and pregnancy complications, experts are now concerned that these results could mean for the generation born during the pandemic.

The study of northwestern medicine included 16 women whoPositive tested for Covid-19 during pregnancy. Of the 16, 15 delivered from short-term babies, none of which appeared to suffer immediate adverse effects of the virus. But the study revealed that the placentals of women, examined after giving birth, have shown injuries that suggested abnormal blood circulation between mothers and babies in Utero.

In a statement, the main author of the studyJeffrey Goldstein, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology of the University of Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, acknowledged that babies seemed to be healthy, but that theInjuries at the placenta of mothers could lead to complications in other pregnancies. "It does not seem to induce negative results in live infants, based on our limited data, but it validates the idea that women with COVID must be monitored more closely," he said .

The placenta is the first organ that is formed during fetal development and plays a vital role during pregnancy, taking oxygen and nutrients for the fetus and get rid of waste. The placentas of women in the Northwest medicine study showed an insufficient blood flow from the fetus mother (maternal vascular malperfusion, or MVM) and blood clots in the placenta (Thrombi Interval). Because more forms of placenta than necessary, some damage can occur without serious complications. However, the results of this study could serve as a warning sign to pregnant women and anyone who wanted to become pregnant in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

"Do not paint a frightening image, but these discoveries worry me", co-author of studyEmily Miller, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Feinberg, said in the Declaration. "This preliminary overview on how COVID-19 could cause changes in the placenta involves fairly important consequences for the health of pregnancy."

One of the main concerns is that these placental abnormalities could mean for the long-term health of the children born from the Mother of Coronavirus, in particular given earlier studies on children born during the course of the1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic.

A 2010 study published in theJournal of Origins of Health Development and Disease foundPrenatal exhibition at the 1918 influenza pandemic was associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular disease by 20%. And a more recent study, published in 2019 in the journalDemography, also found higher cancer rates and global morbidity among those who wereSpanish influenza in Utero. Because the influenza virus does not cross the placenta, Goldstein noted, it is probably injured in the placenta (and immune activity) that explains these long-lived problems among people born in the middle of a pandemic.

There are always many things we do not know when it comes to how coronaviruses will affect the next generation, it is only a study, with 16 participants. Nevertheless, the authors of the study agree that the increased monitoring of pregnant women could be a useful tool for mitigating potential long-term effects, especially when we learn more about this everyday virus. And for more challenges, we could cope with the line, discover5 gray realities of life after coronavirus, you must come to.