Sexually transmitted diseases, commonly called STDs, are infections that are spread by having sex with someone who has a STD. Sexually transmitted disease (STD)—is a bacterial or viral illness that you can get from having genital, oral, or anal sex with an infected partner. This can can have serious health consequences for you and your baby, as a pregnant
woman.
"Sexually transmitted diseases affect more than 2 million women every year. This number can only be tallied by the number of women who are treated or diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease making the real number more than likely far greater than that 2 million "baby med. Com.
Sex isn't the only way some of these infections are transmitted. For example, you can also become infected with the hepatitis B virus – which can survive outside the body for at least a week—from contact with contaminated needles or other sharp instruments, contact with the blood or open sores of an infected person, or even by sharing household items like a toothbrush or razor.
Some infections can pass to your baby through the placenta or be transmitted during labor and delivery or when your water breaks. Newborn infections can be very serious (even life threatening), and some may lead to long-term irreversible health and developmental problems.
STDs include:
°Herpes
°HIV/AIDS
°Genital warts (caused by human papilloma virus, or HPV)
°Hepatitis B
°Chlamydia
°Syphilis
°Gonorrhea
°Trichomoniasis
A mother can pass on some infections to her baby during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. There are some important things you must know about STDs in pregnancy. Please read.
1. Many STDs are ‘silent,’ or have no symptoms, so you may not know if you are infected. If you are pregnant, you should be tested for STDs, including HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), as a part of your medical care during pregnancy.
2. Some STDs (like syphilis) can cross the placenta and infect a baby while in the uterus (womb).
3 . STDs like gonorrhea, genital herpes, chlamydia, and hepatitis B can be transmitted from mother to baby during delivery through the birth canal.
4. HIV can cross the placenta during pregnancy, infect the baby during the birth and, unlike most STDs, can also infect the baby through breastfeeding.
5. A pregnant woman with STDs may have an early onset of labour, premature rupture of membranes, uterine infections after delivery, or a still birth.
6. Babies whose mothers have STD during pregnancy may suffer from low birth weight, eye infection (conjunctivitis), pneumonia, neonatal sepsis (blood infection), neurological damage, blindness, and liver diseases.
7. Treating an STD as soon as it is detected in pregnant women will make dangerous health outcomes less likely. Pregnant women should consult a health care provider for appropriate examination, testing, and treatment, as necessary.
8.STDs, such as Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis and BV can all be treated and cured with antibiotics that are safe to take during pregnancy. STDs that are caused by viruses, like genital herpes, hepatitis B, or HIV cannot be cured.
9.The only way to avoid STDs is to not have vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
10.The use of condoms or the maintenance of a monogamous relationship will often lessen the chances of contracting an STD.
woman.
"Sexually transmitted diseases affect more than 2 million women every year. This number can only be tallied by the number of women who are treated or diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease making the real number more than likely far greater than that 2 million "baby med. Com.
Sex isn't the only way some of these infections are transmitted. For example, you can also become infected with the hepatitis B virus – which can survive outside the body for at least a week—from contact with contaminated needles or other sharp instruments, contact with the blood or open sores of an infected person, or even by sharing household items like a toothbrush or razor.
Some infections can pass to your baby through the placenta or be transmitted during labor and delivery or when your water breaks. Newborn infections can be very serious (even life threatening), and some may lead to long-term irreversible health and developmental problems.
STDs include:
°Herpes
°HIV/AIDS
°Genital warts (caused by human papilloma virus, or HPV)
°Hepatitis B
°Chlamydia
°Syphilis
°Gonorrhea
°Trichomoniasis
A mother can pass on some infections to her baby during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. There are some important things you must know about STDs in pregnancy. Please read.
1. Many STDs are ‘silent,’ or have no symptoms, so you may not know if you are infected. If you are pregnant, you should be tested for STDs, including HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), as a part of your medical care during pregnancy.
2. Some STDs (like syphilis) can cross the placenta and infect a baby while in the uterus (womb).
3 . STDs like gonorrhea, genital herpes, chlamydia, and hepatitis B can be transmitted from mother to baby during delivery through the birth canal.
4. HIV can cross the placenta during pregnancy, infect the baby during the birth and, unlike most STDs, can also infect the baby through breastfeeding.
5. A pregnant woman with STDs may have an early onset of labour, premature rupture of membranes, uterine infections after delivery, or a still birth.
6. Babies whose mothers have STD during pregnancy may suffer from low birth weight, eye infection (conjunctivitis), pneumonia, neonatal sepsis (blood infection), neurological damage, blindness, and liver diseases.
7. Treating an STD as soon as it is detected in pregnant women will make dangerous health outcomes less likely. Pregnant women should consult a health care provider for appropriate examination, testing, and treatment, as necessary.
8.STDs, such as Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis and BV can all be treated and cured with antibiotics that are safe to take during pregnancy. STDs that are caused by viruses, like genital herpes, hepatitis B, or HIV cannot be cured.
9.The only way to avoid STDs is to not have vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
10.The use of condoms or the maintenance of a monogamous relationship will often lessen the chances of contracting an STD.
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