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How to prevent congenital rubella

BY Nat Tommy 2020-02-26

  If a pregnant woman is infected with rubella virus before or during pregnancy, it may cause congenital rubella after birth. In order to prevent congenital rubella, the rubella test should be carried out before pregnancy. After pregnancy, care should be taken to avoid infection with rubella virus. For example, when pregnant women are at risk of infection, immunoglobulin is injected.

  Congenital rubella occurs because pregnant women do not have enough prevention during pregnancy or before pregnancy, resulting in infection with rubella virus. Rubella may cause high fever and organ failure in children. So, how to prevent congenital rubella?
  I. Rubella virus testing before pregnancy
  In order to prevent congenital rubella in newborns, maternal pre-pregnancy examination is very important. Before planning to become pregnant, the mother should do a pre-pregnancy check. If she is found to have rubella virus infection, she should suspend her pregnancy and wait for the treatment before pregnancy. If she does not detect rubella virus, she can get pregnant normally. Congenital rubella.
  Second, avoid rubella during pregnancy
  If pregnant women are infected with rubella virus at all stages of pregnancy, especially during the first trimester, most of the fetuses will have congenital rubella after birth. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid rubella virus infection during pregnancy in order to effectively prevent congenital rubella. Pregnant women should avoid contact with rubella patients after pregnancy, especially close contact with rubella patients. In this way, the risk of rubella infection is eliminated, and it is possible to prevent the fetus from congenital rubella.
  Three. Immunoglobulin injection
  Preventing congenital rubella and avoiding contact with patients with rubella is the most effective preventive method, but it may be because you do not understand the situation of other people or other reasons If pregnant women are unavoidably exposed to rubella patients, then if you want to prevent congenital rubella, the effective method is to quickly inject immunoglobulin or placental globulin within the first three days of contact with rubella patients, so as to prevent the fetus from developing. Congenital rubella.
  Through the above description, we can understand that to prevent congenital rubella, avoiding rubella patients before and during pregnancy is the most effective prevention method. Once unavoidably exposed to rubella patients may be infected with rubella virus Next, we must go to the hospital in time to inject immunoglobulin for prevention.

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