Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) is a virus that causes
inflammation of the lips and genital area. There are two types of the virus:
Type 1, which causes herpes to form more often, and Type 2, more often to cause
genital infection.
HSV infection is transmitted through direct contact or
sexually. Someone who has no complaints may also be throwing the virus out with
secretions and may cause contact contamination.
Can it be
transmitted from mother to baby?
It is almost uncommon for viruses that cause herpes infection
in the mother to pass to the baby through the placenta during pregnancy.
However, while the baby passes through the birth canal during delivery, the
baby can pass through the lesions there through direct contact.
Especially if the infection in the mother is a first-time
infection, the risk of passing to the baby is higher (40-50%), and recurrent
infections are less likely (5%).
To prevent the transmission of the infection to the baby,
people with genital herpes infection are delivered by cesarean section.
After birth, the mother should pay attention to her hygiene
and hygiene and avoid contact with the lesions and contaminate the baby and
wash her hands frequently.
Half of babies who have had a herpes infection during
childbirth are seriously affected, with death or serious sequelae. In the other
half of infectious babies, neurological and skin related lesions are detected.
-URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PREGNANCY
-DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA IN PREGNANCY
-MUMPS IN PREGNANCY
-MEASLES IN PREGNANCY
