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My wife caught chicken pox on 8th week of her pregnancy. what are the chances of harmful effects to the child. |
My wife caught chicken pox on 8th week of her pregnancy. what are the chances of harmful effects to the child. There is a VERY slight chance the child could end up with congenital varicella syndrome. It is not pleasant of course and can cause birth defects, but generally the baby will not end up with this syndrome. An ultrasound in a couple of months will be able to determine any impact with a certain amount of confidence. I wouldn't worry about it. Chances are your baby will be just fine. Source(s): MS Neuroimmunology Ive heard it could cause miscarriage. I would talk to the doctor. Varicella, the primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV), in pregnancy may cause maternal mortality or serious morbidity. It may also cause foetal varicella syndrome (FVS) 鈥?previously known as congenital varicella syndrome 鈥?or varicella infection of the newborn. Pneumonia can occur in up to 10% of pregnant women with chickenpox and the severity of this complication seems increased in later gestation. Spontaneous miscarriage does not appear to be increased if chickenpox occurs in the first trimester. Prenatal diagnosis is possible using detailed ultrasound when findings such as limb deformity, microcephaly, hydrocephalus, soft tissue calcification and intrauterine growth restriction can be detected some weeks after the initial infection. VZV DNA can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in amniotic fluid but its presence is not synonymous with the development of FVS. Maternal infection after 20 weeks and up to 36 weeks does not appear to be associated with adverse foetal effect but may present as shingles in the first few years of infant life. This is thought to represent reactivation of the virus after a primary infection in utero. Varicella infection of the newborn (previously called congenital varicella) refers to VZV infection in early neonatal life resulting from maternal infection near the time of delivery or immediately postpartum. If maternal infection occurs one to four weeks before delivery, up to 50% of babies are infected and approximately 23% of these develop clinical varicella despite high titres of passively acquired maternal antibody. Severe chickenpox is most likely to occur if the infant is born within seven days of onset of the mother鈥檚 rash when cord blood VZV IgG is low. I add a link which contains much detail of this subject. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih. gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1... Hope this helps Matador 89 |
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