CHICKENPOX IN PREGNANCY: COURSE CHARACTERISTICS, CONSEQUENCES FOR THE FETUS

Authors

  • Nataliia Iakovenko The theses are devoted to the study of the problem of Chickenpox in pregnancy. Chickenpox is a common infectious disease, usually mild in children and more severe, complicated, and even fatal in adults. Chickenpox during pregnancy is not very common, but despite this, it remains a serious problem for this category of patients, associated with the development of pneumonia, hepatitis, encephalitis, and leads to 2% mortality among mothers. Clinical forms of intrauterine chickenpox are Сongenital Varicella Syndrome (CVS) and Neonatal Varicella. The severity of clinical manifestations in the fetus and newborn will depend on many factors: gestational age, form of infection in the mother, severity of the disease, presence of concomitant pathology in mother. In the medical literature of recent years, there is not much systematic data on this problem, and the seriousness of the adverse effects makes it necessary to study this issue in more depth.
  • Igor Khomulenko Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34132/mspc2025.01.08.41

Keywords:

chickenpox, pregnancy, children.

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Published

2025-05-29

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No. 1 (2025): Series "Healthcare and social security"

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