Genital Herpes Testing Of Pregnant Women Reduces Risks To Babies

2008-05-02 10:39:55

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



You may not know it but you could be one of the many expectant mothers who, because you never cared to have a genital herpes testing, are infected with this sexually-transmitted virus. If you want to save your baby from being born with cerebral palsy, being blind or even worse, dying while inside the womb or upon delivery, then you should have a test for genital herpes immediately.

If you got infected with the genital herpes virus during the first two trimester of your pregnancy, the risk of passing the virus to your baby is usually low. The reason for this is that you generally develop antibodies during the early stages of the pregnancy, and these antibodies are passed to the infant. This, in turn, protects your baby from getting the virus.

Although there is a low risk to passing the virus, spontaneous miscarriage or severe congenital anomalies may occur within the first trimester when the infection takes place. Unless a genital herpes testing and proper treatments have been made, the rate that your fetus may die is quite high.

In the event that you contracted the virus during the last trimester of your pregnancy, however, the above-mentioned risks to your unborn infant are greater. In addition to having an active infection while gestating, viral particles shed in the birth canal during the delivery and it will result in passing the viral infection to the fetus.

If you previously contracted genital herpes and have existing lesions, your attending health care professional would usually recommend that you give birth by caesarian section. This is to reduce the risk of passing the infection to your baby. To prevent or minimize the risks of infecting your innocent baby, a routine genital herpes testing during pregnancy must be performed with the supervision of your doctor.


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