Pregnant women have high levels of trace element copper

Modern people pay great attention to eugenics when they are pregnant. Most people attach great importance to prenatal examinations during pregnancy, and the nutrition during pregnancy must be balanced. Do not be partial or picky about food, especially the content of trace elements. Some people have high levels of trace element copper during pregnancy. There are many reasons for high copper content. Under normal circumstances, high copper content will not cause any harm to the baby. Pregnant women with high copper content should eat less foods with high copper content.

What to do if your copper level is high during pregnancy

High copper levels in pregnant women generally have some impact on the development of the fetus's brain and cornea, but it does not necessarily cause disease. Pregnant women with high copper levels should strengthen their physical fitness by exercising more; appropriately increase nutrition, supplement vitamins and trace elements, calcium and iron supplements, etc.; drink more water, adjust their mentality, maintain a happy mood, etc., which can promote the health of themselves and their babies.

However, there are also pregnant women who blindly supplement copper, which leads to excessive copper in the body, causing the following hazards:

1. Excessive copper content can easily cause fetal malformations.

2. Excessive copper content can easily cause brown spots and darker skin color in pregnant women during pregnancy.

3. Excessive copper intake can easily cause amenorrhea or spontaneous abortion in women with a family-inherited copper storage disorder, hepatolenticular degeneration. Copper and zinc are opposites. When there is too much copper in the body, it can cause zinc deficiency.

Therefore, pregnant women do not need to take additional copper supplements if they have a normal diet. If necessary, they must consult a doctor to avoid adverse consequences.

Symptoms of copper deficiency in pregnant women

Copper, like zinc and iron, is an important component of brain neurotransmitters. Insufficient intake can cause nervous system disorders and impaired brain function. Copper deficiency will reduce the pigment oxidase in brain cells and decrease their activity, resulting in symptoms such as memory loss, confusion, slow reaction, and even unstable gait and movement disorders.

As we all know, iron is an important raw material for human blood production, but for iron to become a part of red blood cells, it must rely on the help of copper. If a pregnant woman is copper deficient, the concentration of plasma ceruloplasmin will inevitably decrease, making it difficult to convert iron and inducing anemia. Excessive anemia can cause symptoms such as dizziness, blurred vision, and chest tightness.

The harm of copper deficiency in pregnant women

During pregnancy, if the pregnant woman is copper deficient, the toughness and elasticity of the fetal membrane will be reduced, which may easily cause premature rupture of the fetal membrane and lead to premature birth. At the same time, copper deficiency also affects the normal development of the fetus, which may cause congenital developmental deficiencies in the fetus, and lead to weight loss, mental retardation and copper deficiency anemia in newborns, which is very unfavorable to pregnant women and fetuses.

In life, pregnant women and fetuses are very prone to copper deficiency because the fetal liver is an organ with a very high copper content. From the beginning of pregnancy, the amount of copper needed in the fetus increases sharply. From about the 200th day of pregnancy to the birth of the child, the copper demand increases by about 4 times. Therefore, the late pregnancy is the period when the fetus absorbs the most copper. If you do not pay attention to copper supplementation during this period, it can easily cause copper deficiency in both mother and child.