What is miscarriage?

A miscarriage or sometimes called 'spontaneous abortion' is the loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. This has a variety of causes including infection, hormones and physical dysfunction of the reproductive organs. It also be related to a condition or a treatment side effect.

How do members experience miscarriage?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with miscarriage*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for miscarriage*

*Data from patients with miscarriage, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with miscarriage*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Tylenol)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
miscarriage (1)
Treatment

(Cytotec)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
miscarriage (1)

*Data from patients with miscarriage, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has miscarriage on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 10
30s 67
40s 93
50s 70
60s 38
70+ 11

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 290