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Embarazo en la adolescencia - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Embarazo en la juventud; Embarazo de adolescentes

Síntomas:

Los síntomas del embarazo abarcan:

Distensión abdominal
Aumento de tamaño de las mamas y sensibilidad mamaria
Fatiga
Mareos o desmayos reales
Ausencia del período
Náuseas/vómitos
Micción frecuente

Pruebas y exámenes:

La adolescente puede o no admitir que ha tenido relaciones sexuales. Si la adolescente está embarazada, generalmente se presentan cambios de peso (con más frecuencia es un aumento, pero puede haber también pérdida, si las náuseas y vómitos son considerables). El examen físico puede mostrar aumento en el perímetro abdominal y el médico puede sentir el fondo uterino (parte superior del útero agrandado).

El examen pélvico puede revelar la coloración azulada o violácea de las paredes vaginales, una coloración igual y ablandamiento del cuello uterino, al igual que ablandamiento y agrandamiento del útero.

Una prueba de embarazo en orina y/o GCH en suero generalmente es positiva.
Se puede realizar una ecografía del embarazo para confirmar o verificar las fechas exactas del mismo.

Reviewed last on: 9/2/2009
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity and State-by-State Information. New York, NY: The Alan Guttmacher Institute; 2004.

Eifenbein DS, Felice ME, Jenkins RR. Adolescent pregnancy. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 117.

Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, et al. Births. Final data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2009;57(7).

Klein JD and the committee on adolescence. Adolescent pregnancy: Current trends and issues. Pediatrics. 2005;116:281-286.

Kohler PK, Manhart LE, Lafferty WE. Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy. J Adolesc Health. 2008;42:344-351.

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