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*

Who has miscarriage on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 23
30s 68
40s 103
50s 74
60s 43
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 325

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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.



Common symptoms reported by people with miscarriage

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

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.
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Treatments taken by people for miscarriage

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Compare treatments taken by people with miscarriage

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have miscarriage through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with miscarriage? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has miscarriage on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 3 new patients joined this month
  • 85 say miscarriage is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 23
30s 68
40s 103
50s 74
60s 43
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 325

These charts show data from miscarriage patients who have completed their condition history
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