Which of the following conditions is common in pregnant clients in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy?

Option 3 : Physiologic anemia

Concept:-

• 2^nd trimester: The second trimester of pregnancy is from week 13 to week 28 - roughly months four, five, and six.
• Anemia in pregnant women has multiple effects on pregnancy and fetal growth. It is a well-established fact that there is a physiological drop in hemoglobin (Hb) in the 2^nd -trimester.
• This physiological drop is attributed to an increase in plasma volume, and hence a decrease in blood viscosity.
• Nutritional iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common (90%) cause of anemia in pregnancy.

Explanation:

• Physiologic anemia:  it occurs in pregnancy because plasma volume increases more quickly than red cell mass.

Signs and symptoms:

• pale conjunctiva
• skin and nail changes
• leg edema
• gum and tongue changes (glossitis and stomatitis),
• tachycardia
• functional heart murmur

• Mastitis is an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection.
• Metabolic alkalosis occurs when digestive issues disrupt the blood's acid-base balance. 
• Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxides the body produces.