AI disease in pregnancy

Question 1

RA severity in pregnancy and PP

Answer 1

improves. due to changes in maternal immunity during pregnancy with a state of relative immune suppression and decreased inflammation. Following delivery, approximately 90% of women with rheumatoid arthritis will experience flare and worsening disease in the first three months postpartum.

Question 2

% of women that have worsening PP

Answer 2

90%

Question 3

Mtx in pregnancy

Answer 3

Microcephaly, meningomyelocele, micrognathia, limb defects, and small, low-set ears. pregnancy loss and growth defect