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Chorioamnionitis - acute inflammation of amniotic fluid and fetal membranes during pregnancy, usually caused by polymicrobial bacterial infection. Signs of infection include maternal fever, vaginal discharge, tender uterus or pain with urination.
Primary herpes simplex infection, when occurring in pregnant women, has an increased risk of dissemination and hepatitis, an otherwise rare complication in immunocompetent adults, particularly during the third trimester. [1] Also, recurrences of herpes genitalis increase in frequency during pregnancy. [1]
Monitoring for infection: signs of infection include a fever in the mother, fetal tachycardia (fast heart rate of the fetus, more than160 beats per minute), or tachycardia in the mother (more than 100 beats per minute). White blood cell (WBC) counts are not helpful in this case because WBC's are normally high in late pregnancy. [11]
Common complications of pregnancy include anemia, gestational diabetes, infections, gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Presence of these types of complications can have implications on monitoring lab work, imaging, and medical management during pregnancy.
Chorioamnionitis, also known as amnionitis and intra-amniotic infection (IAI), is inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion), usually due to bacterial infection. [1] In 2015, a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Workshop expert panel recommended use of the term "triple I" to address the heterogeneity of this ...
One of the most serious risks of eating unheated deli meat during pregnancy is the possibility of developing listeriosis, an infection caused by the bacterium listeria monocytogenes, says Dr ...
A vertically transmitted infection is an infection caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses that use mother-to-child transmission, that is, transmission directly from the mother to an embryo, fetus, or baby during pregnancy or childbirth. It can occur when the mother has a pre-existing disease or becomes infected during pregnancy. Nutritional ...
Visually healthy infants are not routinely tested for CMV infection although only 10–20% will show signs of infection at birth [citation needed] though up to 80% may go onto show signs of prenatal infection in later life. If a pregnant woman finds out that she has become infected with CMV for the first time during her pregnancy, she should ...