MALNUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION Flashcards
HOW MANY WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE AFFECTED BY INFERTILITY?
80 MILLION
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL INFERTILITY CASES ARE MALE?
50%
COMMON CAUSES OF INFERTILITY?
AGE, TOBACCO, NUTRITION AND BODY WEIGHT, DRUG OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ABUSE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY..
WHICH ASPECTS OF FEMALE FERTILITY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH UNDER OR OVER NUTRITION?
OVULATION, OOCYTE MATURATION, EMBRYO QUALITY AND THEIR EFFICIENCY TO IMPLANT
WHICH BMI CAN MAKE IT TAKE LONGER FOR WOMEN TO CONCEIVE?
MORE THAN 25 AND LESS THAN 19
HIGH BMI ASSOCIATED WITH ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES SUCH AS:
GASTROINTESTINAL DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND PREMATURE BIRTH
WHICH NUTRITION RELATED ISSUES CAN AFFECT MALE FERTILITY AND HOW?
DEFICIENCIES IN VITAMINS AND MINERALS HAVE AN IMPACT ON SPERM MOTILITY
DIETS HIGH IN CARBS AND FATS CAN CLOG ARTERIES, BLOCK THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO GENITAL AREAS
VIT D DEFICIENCY IMPAIRS SEMEN QUALITY, TAIL MOTILITY AND LEADS TO LOWER SPERM COUNTS
VIT D DEFICIENCY IMPACT ON MAIL FERTILITY?
IMPAIRS SEMEN QUALITY, TAIL MOTILITY AND LEADS TO LOWER SPERM COUNTS
DEFICIENCY IN WHICH VITAMIN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN FETAL DEVELOPMENT, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES?
VITAMIN B9/FOLIC ACID
CASES OF NTDs HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY HOW MUCH WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF FOLATE SUPPLEMENTATION?
70%
WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE SHOULD TAKE HOW MUCH FOLATE PER DAY?
400 micrograms
CONSEQUENCES OF FOLATE DEFICIENCY DURING PREGNANCY?
- IMPAIRED PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES IN MOTHER’S BONE MARROW; RESULTS IN CELLS THAT ARE NOT MATURE OR FUNCTIONAL AND ARE ENLARGED, CALLED MEGALOBLASTS; LEADS TO MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
- NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS, BECAUSE FOLIC ACID IS NECESSARY FOR THE NEURAL TUBE TO CLOSE (SPINA BIFIDA, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLES)
WHAT ARE MEGALOBLASTS?
- ENLARGED, NOT MATURE OR FUNCTIONAL ERYTHROCYTES (RESULT OF FOLATE DEFICIENCY), CAN LEAD TO MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
NORMAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY?
11-15KG
WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WEIGHT GAINED DURING PREGNANCY?
WEIGHT OF THE FETUS ITSELF, PLACENTA, UTERUS, AMNIOTIC FLUID, INCREASED BLOOD VOLUME, BREAST TISSUE INCREASE, EXTRA FAT AND PROTEIN STORAGE
MAJORITY OF WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANCY HAPPENS IN WHICH TRIMESTER?
3rd