"Kids' disease and pregnancy

Diseases that we used to take children (remembering smeared with green paint rebyatnyu - and even funny) is not as harmless for expectant mothers.

Measles

Where does? Measles - virus.The source of infection - a sick man, the way of transmission - through the air with phlegm.

Since you go to the doctor?The latent period of the disease lasts for 10 days, then 3-5 days, it begins to slowly develop: a future mother fever, begins runny nose, conjunctivitis, dry, barking cough.

2 days before the rash appears on the buccal mucosa at the level of the root, that is, the side chewing, teeth appear whitish spots surrounded by red rim - a sure sign of measles.

Sometimes these spots appear in the throat.By the end of the second day the temperature drops again to jump to rash.After 3 days from the beginning of the troubles the patient starts to recover, and her skin - shelled.

It is not dangerous? Measles virus is rarely transmitted to the future baby, the problem is that during pregnancy it is better not to get sick, to avoid problems in its course and complications.

How to treat? Mother Cares, measles, the hospital did not put, and the special treatment they do not need.If the disease came to the onset of labor, the patient relies send in isolation of infectious hospital.Feed the baby be allowed, but only on condition that the young mother wears a mask.

Mumps (Mumps)

Where does? originator - a virus.The source of infection - a sick man, the way of transmission - through the air with phlegm and through objects.

Since you go to the doctor? temperature rises to 37,5-37,8 ° C, and the glands behind the ears grow to the size of a ripe cherry. It is not dangerous?If mom mumps in the 1st trimester of pregnancy, the baby can get the future it too - if there is a risk that the effect of the virus disturb or interrupt its development.Picking up the pig before delivery, it may be born with signs of the disease, or they manifest themselves in the early days of his life.

How to treat? Expectant mother will stay home.Maybe the doctor will prescribe a course it compresses the oil, which should be put on the BTE cancer.

Rubella

Where does? originator - a virus.The source of infection - a sick man, the way of transmission - through the air with phlegm.

Since you go to the doctor? latent period of illness lasts from 14 to 21 days.After 1-5 days, the future mother appears unwell, the temperature rises to 37,3-37,5 ° C, headache, conjunctivitis appears, and 5-8 day - and even rashes. It is not dangerous? Alas!For the first 7-9 days after infection the virus gets to the baby and seriously disturb its development, especially in the first 4 weeks of pregnancy.To avoid this, those girls, who bypassed rubella, should be taught;it can be done, and before planning a pregnancy.

How to treat? have moms this is not possible.If the case is pushed a woman with a sick rubella in the 1st trimester of pregnancy, you should probably take a blood test to determine whether she had antibodies to the virus.

Their presence is likely to say that the immune system has a future mother and she did not get sick.The absence of antibodies does not rule out their appearance later.Therefore, the analysis is to surrender one more time - a month.If it turns out that the antibodies appeared or became more than 4 times, the expectant mother will diagnose "rubella".

proposal to terminate the pregnancy in such situations usually make those women who contracted rubella during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.From this period, the risk of birth defects in babies will be less and less.

Chickenpox (varicella)

Where does?The causative agent - virus.The source of infection - a sick man, the way of transmission - through the air with phlegm.Fortunately, moms chickenpox is rare - very few people manage to avoid meeting her childhood.

Since you go to the doctor? latent period of the disease lasts for 11 days, then an expectant mother showing signs of malaise, and after 2-3 days - rash.

It is not dangerous? kid can catch chickenpox from my mother, and in the first 20-26 weeks of pregnancy, the virus can sometimes cause problems in its development.Fortunately, they are rare and are determined during the ultrasound, it is made in the 22-23 weeks of gestation.

But expectant mothers, ill, is faced with unpleasant complications such as pneumonia.If a woman is caught chickenpox a few days before giving birth, doctors may try to delay their start for 3-4 days, to my mother's antibodies, the level of which increases by about 5-6 days from the onset of the disease, and the kid got to protect it from disease.To the same end immediately after the birth of the child introduced specific immunoglobulin VZIG.

How to treat? During pregnancy, do not treat chickenpox.Only in complex cases, starting from the 2nd trimester doctor may prescribe medication expectant mother - acyclovir.Until then, you can only try to protect the woman who had contact with the patient, using immunoglobulin VZIG.To put the expectant mother diagnosed with "pox", 2-5 days after the rash appears, it will need to take a blood test to determine whether she had antibodies to the infection.

Scarlet fever

Where does? pathogen - bacteria.The source of infection - a sick man, the way of transmission - through the air and through the objects.Adults rarely get sick with scarlet fever: first meeting with germ provides us with life-long immunity.

Since you go to the doctor?Home scarlet fever is marked by abrupt temperature and then an expectant mother a headache, nausea, it hurts to swallow.By the end of the first - the beginning of the second day of rash - small, often itchy groin, armpits, the folds on the arms, abdomen and chest.To the touch, it usually resembles sandpaper.After 3-5 days, the skin turns white and starts to peel, especially on the palms.

It is not dangerous? Kid scarlet fever did not catch: the placenta delay bacterium.But the expectant mother sick to anything.

How to treat? future mother is likely to put in the hospital to prevent or treat complications, which is fraught with scarlet fever in adults.Diagnosis can be based on the results of a blood test.

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