Pregnancy and Maternal Health Care

Archive for the ‘Rubella’ Category

Rubella is a viral disease, transmitted from person to person through secretions and produces a picture of fever, neck nodes and rash. In 50% of people go totally unnoticed by the individual who will relay it. Usually presents no risks or complications in the general population, but if a woman who has contracted the disease antibodies in the first trimester of pregnancy, rubella can severely affect your child.

Most women now have antibodies against rubella, either by having experienced, or have received the measles vaccine. A minority of women of childbearing age, however, has no antibodies. The rubella vaccine is given along with measles and antipaperas is called MMR, and belongs to the official schedule of vaccination. It is compulsory to year and school admission. Although much of the female population is safe during pregnancy serological investigations in the U.S. have indicated that even 10 to 20% of young adults are susceptible to the disease.

Why is it important to check the mother?
After delivery, the baby has these antibodies “borrowed” from the mother to have passed through the placenta and breast milk if you get too pass this way. These antibodies are depleted in the second half of life, at which time the child is susceptible to infection until the time of vaccination.

In the ideal situation the doctor should know the HIV status of the mother before conception, but the doctor rarely has contact with the family at this time. Therefore, if the mother has not previously been checked, rubella antibody detection can be crucial to prevent the disease during the next pregnancy. Since the vaccine consists of attenuated viruses, it is inadvisable to conceive for the next three months to the application.

So that the time after birth is presented as the ideal opportunity for vaccination. Breastfeeding is not a contraindication for vaccination.