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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 ]
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:
Affected are preschool and school-age children with a male predominance. [2] In one study, the median age was 6 years (range 2–13.2 years). [ 1 ] It has been estimated that BACM has an incidence of 2.69 cases per 100,000 children (<18 years) during epidemic seasons and 0.23 cases during non-epidemic seasons.
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 ...
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.
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.
[6] [7] Speculation includes immaturity of the central nervous system at younger ages, making the brain more vulnerable to the effects of fever. [ 6 ] [ 20 ] The increased activity of neurons during rapid brain development , may help explain why children, particularly younger than age 3, are prone to febrile seizures, with occurrences ...
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 ...