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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.
The term childhood disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 or 21 years old. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults. Some childhood diseases include:
For pregnant women, an RSV vaccine given between weeks 32 and 36 of pregnancy can protect the baby for the first six months of life (when the baby is at the highest risk of severe RSV). For babies ...
Rates were highest among those ages 1 and younger, making up 7.8% of all pneumonia-associated ED visits with an M. pneumoniae diagnosis for the week ending Nov. 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.
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 ]
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. Matthew Jessie told People that his young daughter, Savanna ...