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Postpartum infections, also known as childbed fever and puerperal fever, are any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage. [1] Signs and symptoms usually include a fever greater than 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), chills, lower abdominal pain, and possibly bad-smelling vaginal discharge . [ 1 ]
A temperature between 101–102 is considered a mild fever, 102–103 a moderate, and 104 or above a high fever, and delirium or convulsions may occur. From birth until adolescence, temperature between 99.8–100.8 is considered a low-grade fever. If the temperature is taken rectally, it is not considered a fever until it is above 100.4.
Yearly puerperal fever mortality rates for birthgiving women at Dublin Maternity Hospital for the period 1784–1849 reported by Semmelweis. [14] Year Births Deaths Rate (%) 1784 1261 11 0.9 1785 1292 8 0.6 1786 1351 8 0.6 1787 1347 10 0.7 1788 1469 23 1.6 1789 1435 25 1.7 1790 1546 12 0.8 1791 1602 25 1.6 1792 1631 10 0.6 1793 1747 19 1.1 1794 ...
Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. [4] It may present in the fetus, infant, or later. [1] [5] Clinical features vary and differ between early onset, that is presentation before 2-years of age, and late onset, presentation after age 2 ...
Estimated prevalence levels among pregnant women for hepatitis B and HIV, including previous diagnoses, were higher at 0.67% and 0.27%. Pregnant women evaluated as susceptible to rubella due to low antibody levels have increased by over 60%, to about 7.2%. However, this increase is probably due to changes in testing methods and evaluation criteria.
A postpartum disorder or puerperal disorder is a disease or condition which presents primarily during the days and weeks after childbirth called the postpartum period.The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages: the initial or acute phase, 6–12 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can ...
Updated October 16, 2020 at 10:35 AM A 7-year-old girl who was treated for the flu and scarlet fever died hours after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital last week.
Roseola typically affects children between six months and two years of age, with peak prevalence in children between 7 and 13 months old. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This correlates with the decrease in maternal antibodies, thus virus protection, that occurs at the age of 6 months. [ 6 ]