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Miscarriage (cont.)

When to Seek Medical Care

Call your health care provider if you know or suspect you are pregnant and you are experiencing any of the following:

  • Vaginal bleeding
  • Uncontrollable or severe nausea or vomiting
  • Urinary symptoms such as burning, frequency, or pain with urination
Go immediately to the hospital's emergency department if any of the following are true:

  • You know or suspect you are pregnant and have heavy vaginal bleeding (soaking more than one pad every hour) or pain in the back or the abdomen.

  • You are passing something that looks like tissue (place what you have passed into a jar or container and take it with you to the hospital).

  • You have a history of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy.

  • You are extremely dizzy or pass out.

  • You have a known pregnancy accompanied with passage of clots or other material.

  • You have a fever of greater than 100.4°F.

  • You are vomiting; nothing stays down.



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