Women who receive an epidural during labor are 35% less likely to experience potentially life-threatening complications in the future. This was reported by daily mail.
Scientists analyzed data from half a million British women who gave birth vaginally or had an emergency caesarean section. 125,000 people received epidurals, which relieve pain in the lower abdomen and legs by injection into the lower back.
They were 35% less likely to have sepsis (which can cause puerperal fever) and a heart attack in the weeks after birth. This effect was observed in women who had complications from a previous birth and in those who gave birth prematurely.
The results demonstrate the importance of access to epidural anesthesia for laboring women and their awareness of the possibility of pain relief.
A recent study found that the incidence of serious complications six weeks after birth in the UK almost doubled between 2009 and 2018. This is largely because women are more likely to be obese and give birth at later ages.
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Source: Gazeta
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