PPCM stands for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
December 5, 2013 | 30,00 EUR | answered by Dr. med. Ive Dr. Schaaf
Good evening! I have a question and I am a bit scared about something that is currently weighing heavily on me. I am pregnant in the 18th week and I am worried about the peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) disease that affects women after or shortly before delivery. I am terrified that I might get it. Best regards.
Good evening,
how did you come up with the idea that you could get PPCM?
The condition is very rare. If there is a reason to believe that you are particularly at risk, you could be examined in a timely manner and monitored more frequently than usual. PPCM is relatively easy to diagnose if it is thought of in time and then a heart echo is performed. An early diagnosis is the best prerequisite for good therapy.
Could it be that you have recently learned about this disease?
Do you often fear that diseases could affect you?
To be honest: It is one of the terrible aspects of pregnancy that you worry all the time about whether the child will be born healthy, whether you will survive the delivery well, and then the new life begins - for you and the child. In plain language, this means that you are afraid every day that your child stays healthy and that you stay healthy so you can be there for your child.
There are countless diseases lurking around every corner, and you must find a way to send these fears away. Every day, otherwise you will live a life of constant fear.
One possibility is to trust in God.
One possibility is to stick to the idea that everything that will happen to you and the child is already written in the "big book".
One possibility is to look at the many, many elderly people living around us. Why shouldn't you end up like them? Why shouldn't you live to be very old - and of course your child too. Despite all the diseases, the fact remains that "WE" all keep getting older. It is much more likely that you will live to a ripe old age than that you will suffer from a rare disease like PPCM. I hope you are not afraid of getting old :)
Feel free to reply to my post and I will write back to you.
Warm regards to you and the baby in your belly
Dr. Schaaf
