International drug trial raises hope for couples suffering multiple miscarriages:
A simultaneous trial in New Zealand, England and Scotland is testing a combination of aspirin and heparin, an anti-blood-clotting agent, as a treatment for women with two or more consecutive pregnancy losses. Trial participants are given a daily regime of a low-dose aspirin and a nightly heparin injection. While miscarriages cannot be fully explained, recurrent miscarriages are usually associated with medical problems in the parents such as hormonal deficiencies or the presence of autoimmune antibodies.
Miscarriage
* One in four couples experience a miscarriage, usually before 20 weeks’ gestation.
* One in 20 will have two or more consecutive losses.
* One in 100 will have three or more consecutive losses.
* Three in four cases of consecutive miscarriages cannot be explained.
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