Braxton-Hicks contraction
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| O47 | Frustrating contractions (useless contractions) |
| O47.0 | Frustrating contractions before 37 completed weeks of gestation |
| O47.1 | Frustrating contractions after 37 weeks of pregnancy or more |
| O47.9 | Frustrating contractions, unspecified |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
As Braxton-Hicks contractions ( frustrating contractions or useless labor ), which are named after the British doctor John Braxton Hicks (1823-1897) who specializes in obstetrics and who also gave the intrauterine Braxton Hicks twist , is referred to in of medicine Pre- labor (painless contractions of the uterus ) that help the uterus to mature.
1872 Hicks described the contractions of the uterus that do not harbingers are giving birth, unlike labor pains.
description
Occasional uterine contractions occur beginning in the second month of pregnancy , but the pregnant woman does not notice this. After the twelfth week of pregnancy, when the fetus begins to grow, you can also feel the growing uterus. This type of pregnancy labor is clearly palpable due to the hardening of the abdomen. Such contractions, sometimes referred to as "wild labor" or "painless contractions", are known medically as Braxton-Hicks contractions. They occur very irregularly and are actually only to be understood as "training" for the uterus. In general, they are less painful than the actual labor contractions.
literature
- J. Braxton Hicks: On the contractions of the uterus throughout pregnancy . Their physiological effects and their value in the diagnosis of pregnancy. In: Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London . tape 13 , 1872, p. 216-231 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Schneck: Hicks, Johan Braxton. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 593 f.
- ↑ Peter Schneck: Braxton Hicks turn. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. 2005, p. 207.
- ^ Peter M. Dunn: John Braxton Hicks (1823-97) and painless uterine contractions . Perinatal lessons from the past. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood . Fetal and Neonatal . tape 81 , 1999, ISSN 0003-9888 , p. F157 - F158 , doi : 10.1136 / fn.81.2.F157 , PMID 10448189 , PMC 1720982 (free full text).
