A spike in potentially deadly pregnancy complications, some leading to stillbirths, is being blamed on COVID infections in women that can trigger dangerous blood pressure and destroy the placenta. A study published in September asserts that if a woman contracts COVID, even a mild case, the virus can damage the placenta's immune response to other infections - putting fetuses at risk of being delivered stillborn. COVID infections can also trigger micro-clots in pregnant women's blood vessels, putting them at risk of a potentially-deadly blood pressure condition called preeclampsia.
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