O87: Venous complications and haemorrhoids in the puerperium
O87.3: Cerebral venous thrombosis in the puerperium
The disorder occurred during your puerperium. The puerperium is the first 6 to 8 weeks after childbirth. During this period the changes that occurred during pregnancy, for example in the womb and the female genital organs, recede.
Veins are blood vessels that transport the blood back to the heart. A distinction is drawn between surface veins beneath the skin and deeper-lying veins in the body’s tissue.
If blood clots form in veins in the brain, they can block the veins. The blood can no longer flow out of the brain properly via the blocked veins. The brain may be damaged as a result.
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