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Current Deck: SLS Cards::5. Prenatal care
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Commit #105014
What is the potential impact on fetus infected with HSV from TORCH? What preventive measures are available during pregnancy? What treatments are available during pregnancy?
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Commit #105014- Impact: Neonatal herpes can cause skin lesions, encephalitis, disseminated infection, and high mortality.
- Preventive Measures: Avoiding acquiring HSV during pregnancy, using antiviral prophylaxis in late pregnancy for women with recurrent HSV, and considering cesarean delivery if active lesions are present at the time of labor.
- Treatment: Antiviral therapy with acyclovir or valacyclovir during pregnancy and for newborns with neonatal herpes.