NIH Finds Aspirin Helpful For Pregnancy Of Women With High Inflammation

Women who want to get pregnant, especially those who experience miscarriage, will not have a higher chance of getting pregnant. National Institute of Health or NIH has found out that aspirin can help them get pregnant.

NIH or National Institute of Health has reported that there will be a higher chance for a woman to get pregnant if she will take one low dose of aspirin daily. It is much more possible for women who went through a miscarriage. The study that appeared in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism has stated that women with high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) have indicated a higher rate of pregnancy. CRP is a substance in the blood signifying system-wide inflammation. Aspirin is said to prevent the high inflammation.

The study has three groups of women. They were the low CRP (below .70 mg per liter of blood), mid-CRP (from .70 to 1.95) and high CRP (at or above 1.95). The women have given a low dose aspirin a day or a placebo. With the low and middle CRP aspirin-takers, NIH has found no difference in their birth rate.

The women who have high CRP had a significant increase in the chances of getting pregnant. Those who specifically took aspirin had a live-birth rate of 59 percent, it increased from 35 percent. Those who took a placebo in the same category had the lowest live-birth rate outcome. NIH recorded a rate of live birth at 44 percent. NIH also noted that it was during the 8th, 20th and 36th week that aspirin has reduced the CRP level very high.

However, according to Live Science, taking a low dose aspirin a day is still not a guarantee that a woman will get pregnant. But, doctors might use the CRP levels to increase the chances of a woman to get pregnant. Patients should talk to their doctor if they want to try this way.

It is different with each body but researchers and doctors are doing their best. They want to know and find out what can be done to better their patients' pregnancy rate.

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