Complications

Nutrition for Special Groups 3(3+0)

Lesson 12 : Pregnancy in Adolescents

Complications

  • Iron deficiency anemia – due to poor and inadequate care.
  • Prolonged labour due to physical immaturity of mother.
  • Higher rates of still birth, low birth weight infants, higher morbidity and mortality.
  • More complications in infants and higher costs of caring for the infants.
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