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“PPROM: Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes” – with Dr. Shari Gelber

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Is Peprom Infection a Sign of Infection in Pregnancy?

There are lots of possible reason rits. infection, like a significant number of cases of peprom are associated with infection. Sometimes people have some contractions that can cause stress on the membranes that can cause the membranes to rupture. The interest thing about the infection is that there's lots of bacteria in people's bodies. In the vagina there's a lot of bacteria, a normal they're supposed to be there. They don't make it into the uterus. And pass the membranes. But for some women, and we don't understand why, those bacteria find their way up there andtey get in the uterus.

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