Low Birth Weight: Babies
with birth weight of less than 2500grams irrespective of gestational age may be
called as low birth weight.
There are a wide range of causes of low birth weight.
Some of them are mentioned below.
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| LBW |
Placental Causes:
a. Fetal
distress
b. Multiple
gestation
c. Erythroblastosis
fetalis
Uterine Causes:
a. Bicornuate
uterus
b. Incompetent
Cervix
Maternal Causes:
a. Teenage
mother
b. Pre
eclampsia
c. Chronic
medical illness
d. Infections
Other Causes:
a. Pre
mature rupture of membrane (PROM)
b. Polyhydramnios
c. Diabetes
d. Rh
incompatibility
More over any factor that causes Intra uterine
growth retardation can lead to a low birth weight.
