Group B strep (GBS) is not a sexually transmitted disease. These are bacteria that can be found in the digestive tract, urinary tract, and genital area (vagina) of about 25 percent adult women. Although GBS infection usually causes no problems in healthy women before pregnancy, it can cause...
Try to be patient and stay positive. Take some time for yourself. Delivery day is on the horizon, and while you're just about done with this miraculous pregnancy milestone, your next amazing journey is just beginning. Your 9-month pregnant belly size At 9 months pregnant, your belly will ...
The USPSTF changed its Pap Smear recommendations for the same reason it recommended fewer mammograms: The false positive results led to invasive, painful, and costly biopsies that were unnecessary. False positives findings from Pap smears could also result in future pregnancy risks. HPV is common, ...
Infected pregnant women can also transmit the virus to the fetus during pregnancy. The virus can then be transmitted from an infected person back to mosquitoes through mosquito bites. The virus then replicates in mosquitoes and it is transmitted back to humans and the cycle continues. It is not...
No matter what you’re experiencing, it is real, difficult and a normal part of the end of pregnancy.I promise that it won’t last forever and will end sooner rather than later. You can do it! SIDE NOTE:The night before my daughter was born I experienced pre-labor. I even had my ...
I'm a 15 year old female going on 16 next month. I'm pretty positive that I'm a hypochondriac. I'm always constantly worrying about problems every day. There is always something wrong. I get rid of one problem and as soon as that happens a new one comes right along. I hate be...
Though the women were not necessarily tested for the virus, tissue samples from the fetuses and newborns tested positive for Zika virus.15 Prevention Urgent emphasis on vaccine development is one of the features of the international response to the latest outbreak of Zika virus, but no vaccine...
GBS can come and go The problem is that GBS can come and go. It may be present when a woman is screened late in pregnancy but not at the time of birth. And more than 60% of confirmed GBS sepsis (blood infection) cases in babies occur in mothers who tested negative for GBS when sc...
reported a case of GBS with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid in a study they conducted. The results of this study was able to provide evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause GBS, but the possible mechanisms of this disease and its association with CO...