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Women urged to check chickenpox immunity before pregnancy
Pregnancy
Updated: Thu Mar. 15 2012 11:23:47
CTVNews.ca Staff
Women who are thinking about getting pregnant or who have recently become pregnant should find out whether they are immune to chickenpox...
...women who have not been exposed to the virus are at risk. Even being in the same room for an hour or more with someone with chickenpox can put a pregnant woman at risk.
About 5 to 10 per cent of women who contract chickenpox while pregnant will develop a potentially fatal lung condition called pneumonitis.
Their babies are also at risk, particularly during the first half of the pregnancy. The virus can lead to birth defects such as musculoskeletal or brain abnormalities.
Babies exposed to the virus up to five days before or during delivery are also at risk of developing neonatal varicella...
Women urged to check chickenpox immunity before pregnancy
Pregnancy
Updated: Thu Mar. 15 2012 11:23:47
CTVNews.ca Staff
Women who are thinking about getting pregnant or who have recently become pregnant should find out whether they are immune to chickenpox...
...women who have not been exposed to the virus are at risk. Even being in the same room for an hour or more with someone with chickenpox can put a pregnant woman at risk.
About 5 to 10 per cent of women who contract chickenpox while pregnant will develop a potentially fatal lung condition called pneumonitis.
Their babies are also at risk, particularly during the first half of the pregnancy. The virus can lead to birth defects such as musculoskeletal or brain abnormalities.
Babies exposed to the virus up to five days before or during delivery are also at risk of developing neonatal varicella...