Hand foot and mouth disease and pregnancy
Posted on November 18, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Causes | Leave a Comment
Hand, Foot and mouth disease can be transmitted through the mother’s placenta to the baby, while the pregnant woman’s immunity to disease in general will decline, the virus infection at high risk. Central Luck Club yesterday’s “Maternal and Child Health Public consultation activities”, the International Peace Maternal and Child Health Hospital neonatal paediatrics Lau made such a warning.
According to Lau introduction, hand, foot and mouth disease is a kind of intestinal virus can be transmitted through the mother’s placenta to the baby. Together with pregnant women during pregnancy due to a series of physiological changes in immunity against the disease would be significant drop in high-risk groups are infected with the virus. Pregnant women infected with the virus during pregnancy, the fetus will certainly be affected.
Experts pointed out that currently prevent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Child a number of measures, such as do not drink unboiled water, do not eat cold food, avoid contact with the sick, not to the crowd gathered in public places with poor air circulation to keep the household sanitation, room to be Regular ventilation, ground drying clothing, etc., in pregnant women who apply.
Coxsackie virus type A infection in pregnant women were rare, but there have been reports of fetal infection in pregnant women can cause deformities, third trimester infection may lead to stillbirth. If you are infected with Coxsackie virus B, can cause congenital heart disease, especially in early pregnancy-prone, and may be accompanied by urogenital tract, cardiovascular and digestive tract malformations. Coxsackie virus infection in pregnant women is about 9%. Egypt may be the impact of virus infection to the fetus, are not yet, but there are third trimester infection may lead to stillbirth reported.
Coxsackie virus type A infection on the newborn little impact, mainly manifested as gastroenteritis. Coxsackie virus B infection of newborns may be mild symptoms after heavy and light are only a mild fever, severe cases, there may be myocarditis, meningitis encephalitis, epilepsy and so on. ECHO virus infection symptoms can be due to different levels of infection are very different. Light can no obvious symptoms, severe cases, there may be meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, and even lead to death due to liver necrosis. There is no evidence that enterovirus may cause fetal congenital malformations, but pregnant women to avoid the risk of infection to prevent the production infection to newborns.
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