Molar Pregnancy | Prevention and Prognosis
Prevention
Although any woman who becomes pregnant is at risk of developing one of these unusual conditions, the risk appears to be higher in pregnant women under 20 and over 40.
The best way to prevent complications from invasive mole or choriocarcinoma is receiving routine prenatal care by a qualified health care professional, so the problem can be identified as soon call a professional.
Whenever you are pregnant, make sure you get proper prenatal care as soon as it enters the first trimester of pregnancy, in addition to regular checks. Tell your doctor about any bleeding, excessive vomiting or abdominal pain during pregnancy. If you have prolonged vaginal bleeding after childbirth, an abortion or a spontaneous abortion, contact your doctor for review.
Forecast
With proper treatment, all hydatidiform moles are cured and most aggressive molar pregnancy can be cured. Even in cases of tumors with features that are considered to have a poor prognosis, 80 to 90% are cured with a combination of surgery and, if necessary, chemotherapy.
It is important that women with molar pregnancies are evaluated periodically once treated the problem. They advised women not to try to get pregnant for some time to ensure that the levels of HCG remain at zero and that no further treatment. There is a risk of having another molar pregnancy after treatment. The recommendations are changing and vary according to each hospital.
It is possible that women generally have a healthy and normal pregnancy after a molar pregnancy treatment.