In blood, pregnant women should not normally contain any microorganisms or viruses, as they can cause developmental defects, intrauterine fetal infections , and even his death.
What is dangerous for chlamydia in pregnant women?
Even if the woman is not sick, but only the carrier of chlamydia, early pregnancies may lead to miscarriages and fading, and in later terms - premature birth, infection of the child in childbirth with the development of various inflammatory diseases of the skin and upper respiratory tract. In addition, chlamydia can cause severe toxicosis in pregnant women, cause fetal developmental fetal lag, circulatory disorders in the placenta.
Chlamydia in the blood during pregnancy - diagnosis
For the diagnosis of carriage, a blood test for antibodies to chlamydiae is performed, revealing the value of their titer during pregnancy. If the analysis on chlamydia reveals a small antibody titer in pregnancy, then only the carriage of chlamydia is diagnosed without developing or exacerbating the disease. Only with high titres of antibodies can diagnose the disease and prescribe treatment. But only one method for antibody titer in the blood of pregnant women does not confirm the diagnosis, chlamydia should be detected by microscopy of the smear from the cervical canal.
Treatment of chlamydia in pregnant women
Treatment of chlamydia in pregnancy is prescribed only at high titres of antibodies in the blood to chlamydia (IgA 1:40 and IgG 1:80), and if the titers are less than 1: 5, and in the smear from the cervical channel of chlamydia is not detected, then the carrier is diagnosed, which is not treated during pregnancy. But if necessary, antibiotics of the macrolide group are prescribed, after which antifungal agents can be used to prevent dysbacteriosis. To strengthen immunity, women are additionally prescribed multivitamins and immunostimulants.