A YOUNG mum undergoing IVF treatment died “suddenly”Experts have discovered that this is a rare condition.
The 23 year-old woman, from Delhi, India, was healthy when she went into hospital to undergo the egg-collecting procedure.
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Doctors believe her heart stopped beating after fertility doctors attempted to remove her eggs.
After a post-mortem, it was found that she died from ovarian hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS).
It affects approximately one third of IVF-treated women, although less than one percent end up with severe symptoms.
Hyperovulation refers the release and production of more than one eggs during a menstrual period.
You can either induce hyperovulation naturally or stimulate it with hormone treatments to increase egg donation.
Doctors believe she was anaesthetized. “healthy young woman”Before starting IVF.
After 11 days of ovarian stimulation, she was admitted to hospital for egg collection.
After she was unconscious, doctors began to collect eggs from her ovaries with a needle.
The patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen levels suddenly dropped. Doctors couldn’t find her heartbeat.
They discovered that her ovaries had been three times bigger than they should be during an autopsy.
Experts concluded she died from acute pulmonary edema which was triggered OHSS, and that led to cardiac arrest
Sarah Norcross (director of the fertility charity Progress Educational Trust) told MailOnline: “In egg donors, the risk of death from OHSS is vanishingly rare.
“It is important to share the news that this has happened and to flag the investigation into the egg donor’s death so that everyone working in the fertility sector can learn from it.
“It may also make fertility specialists reflect on how they counsel egg donors about the risks involved.”