The penetration of CMV infection into the woman's body during pregnancy can occur only when in contact with a sick person whose cytomegalovirus is in an acute stage. In this case, the pathways of transmission of the pathogen may be as follows:
- air-drip;
- contact;
- sexual.
What is the risk of CMV in pregnant women?
The greatest danger this virus has during pregnancy is for the fetus. So, if you become infected with a pregnant woman for a short period of time, spontaneous abortion may develop. In addition, the baby is often observed a violation of intrauterine development, which can be expressed in the formation of malformations and deformities.
In cases where infection occurs at a later date, there may be a complication such as polyhydramnios, premature births, and often children are born with congenital cytomegaly.
How is CMV manifested during pregnancy?
Due to the fact that the symptoms of CMV in pregnancy are few, in most cases the diagnosis of such a violation is very difficult. Being in a latent form, the virus does not manifest itself at all, while exacerbating it is quite easy to confuse with another disease. One of the manifestations of the disorder is the so-called mononucleosis-like syndrome. It is characterized by high body temperature, headache, malaise. Develops 20-60 days after infection. All this time the woman is the bearer. The carrier of CMV in pregnancy is nothing more than the presence of a causative agent in the body of a woman in a latent form. The duration of this syndrome can be up to 6 weeks. This is, perhaps, the only difference between CMV and banal ARVI.
How is the diagnosis of the disease carried out?
If suspected of CMV in pregnancy, an analysis is prescribed. It is a comprehensive examination for TORCH infection. This study also reveals the presence in the body of infections such as toxoplasmosis, rubella, herpes virus.
The study itself is carried out by the method of polymerase chain reaction, and also with the help of serological studies of blood serum.
How is CMV treated?
Treatment of CMV during pregnancy is carried out during the reactivation of the virus, i.e. in the stage of exacerbation. The purpose of this kind of therapeutic measures is to eliminate the symptoms of the disorder and transfer the virus into an inactive state.
To carry out the actions described above, immunomodulatory medications, vitamin complexes, which are designed to strengthen the protective properties of a weakened organism, are prescribed.