條氣唔順、點算好?-呢位媽咪,世事何曾是絕對?
何生何太[假名]走進診症室時顯得十分緊張,這是他們第一次做爸爸媽媽。不過令他們這麼緊張是因為產科醫生發現何太雖然患有哮喘病,但從來沒有找醫生定期跟進。何太現在懷孕了約12週[first trimester],她懷孕前只是自行到社區藥房配些吸入式類固醇[controller]及氣管緩解藥[rescuer],隨己意服用。當知道自己懷孕後,又因恐怕藥物對胎兒有不良影響而完全停用。其實很多有慢性疾病而又懷了孕的病人都持有這種想法-自行停藥。
其實哮喘病人在懷孕期間,可以有不同遭遇: 其中大概有三分一的病人病情有所改善、另外三分一平穩、最後三分一人病情會轉壞[1] 。同一病人在每一次懷孕她哮喘的病情也都雷同[2] 。一般而言嚴重病患者會較大機會在懷孕期間發作[3] 。而病發大多數在第2及第3妊娠期[trimester] 發生[4] ,不過懷孕婦女甚少在妊娠的最後一個月哮喘病發[5]。醫護人員的確要對懷孕的哮喘病人格外留神,因為若言她們的病情失控可引致母子極大風險[e.g.hypertension,
pre-eclampsia, complicated labour, fetal growth retardation, pre-term birth,
increased perinatal mortality..](6,7,8) 。相反若言她們的病情一直平穩沒有病發,那麼她母子倆的風險同其他沒有哮喘病的孕婦並無太大分別[9,10]
此時何太終於願意定時服藥和覆診了! 眼見他夫婦倆憂憂愁愁入來,現在終可年平安安離開診症室.我也實在老懷安慰。作父母的在孩子未出世前,總是擔心下代的健康,當孩子出了世,又擔心他們是否能贏在起跑線上。過份催谷孩子的,就會被人冠以怪獸家長之名、任由孩子自然發展的,又怕他們將來不能應付香港畸形的考試制度。真的難為了父母!但能贏在起跑線上又如何?大家仍記得那龜兔賽跑的故事吧;誰又贏在終點呢!
幸好我快要上岸了,我的女兒今年會大學畢業。不過正如李麗姍所言-我可能己經用了四百萬,唉!還是乖乖地繼續睇症、挨世界吧。
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