Question

How do you pronounce “placenta accreta”?

Answer 1

Hint: Placenta accreta is a serious condition that occurs in women during pregnancy where the placenta is too deeply attached to the uterine walls of the endometrium. After childbirth, it refuses to come out and detaches itself from the uterine wall. This is a condition seen in only 3% of the world's women but it is very serious and can lead to very serious complications later if the placenta is not properly detached.

Complete answer:
Generally, during pregnancy, the placenta is detached completely from the uterine wall of the mother, and the area is cleaned to avoid infections. In the case of placenta accreta, after childbirth a part of the placenta is not detached and remains attached to the uterine wall of the mother. This leads to serious conditions and infections and severe blood loss.
Placenta accreta is pronounced as pla·cen'·ta ac·cre'·ta (plə-sen'-tə ə-krē'tə), in American English.
In the case of placenta attachment and growth, there are two conditions possible:-
Placenta accreta -which means that the placenta will grow deep inside the muscular walls of the uterine muscle.
Placenta percreta-where the muscles are not involved in the attachment and only the outer surface of the uterine wall is attached to the placenta.
Placenta accreta specifically a symptomless disorder or condition during pregnancy. There is no sign that the placenta which has grown is attached to the muscle or not but during the third trimester, there can be severe rounds of bleeding.
The cause of placenta accreta is still not clear but what we can find out by knowing about is that if there is any disorder in the uterine wall or if there is any scarring on the uterine wall due to some surgery, the placenta may not find a proper place to attach and therefore it might go deep inside the muscular is of the uterine wall and attach itself there.

Note: There are two major complications of placenta accreta condition where:
-Firstly there might be heavy bleeding in during the third trimester of pregnancy from the vagina and this might cause shock or may even cause the death of the foetus.
-Secondly, it might cause premature birth of the foetus because placenta accreta induces pain and labour earlier than the scheduled dates.