4 of miscarriage for the year did not prevent birth

The woman, who suffered four miscarriages a year, still managed to have a baby. This helped her experimental treatment with steroids, resulting in a hospital.

For the year, this woman lost her four children, and each time for a period of six weeks. It seemed that her pregnancy is doomed to failure, but she still managed to give birth to a boy. 36-year-old Elizabeth Baker of Birmingham received advanced treatment in the hospital.

Professor Siobhan Kuinbi from Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham found that Elizabeth has too many "killer cells" of the immune system. They perceive the embryo as a foreign body and begin to attack, which eventually leads to miscarriages . Together with other women, Elizabeth became a member of the clinical trial, in which scientists have tried to solve the problem with the cells by treatment with steroids.

Although it is not known exactly what got Elizabeth - medicine or dummy - successful pregnancy still allows to believe that a woman has helped a new treatment. Every day, she was given 20 mg prednisolone . Typically, this preparation treat asthma or eczema, but in this case prednisolone   It has helped reduce the number of "killer cells" of the immune system.

"Scientists have done a great job of trying to understand the causes miscarriages   and their connection with immunity - said Professor Kuinbi. - But none of this has helped women to give birth. We found that Elizabeth superactive immune system with plenty of "killer cells". Through prednisolone   we were able to reduce their number. Of course, there was a risk that suppress the immune system so much, we shall develop some dangerous infection. That's why all of the studies were carried out in a hospital. But everything went well, and in front of a large-scale phase of the research. "

Pregnancy and Gynecology

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