OB&G-AIM4PG, [27.01.18 16:36]
Pregnancy: H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) and the H1N1 Vaccine
Pregnant women who get sick with 2009 H1N1 can have serious health problems. They can get sicker than other people who get 2009 H1N1 flu. Some pregnant women sick with 2009 H1N1 have had early labor and severe pneumonia. Some have died.
2009 H1N1 flu is treated with antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu® (oseltamivir) or Relenza® (zanamivir). Antiviral drugs are prescription pills, liquids or an inhaled powder that fight against the flu by keeping the germs from growing in your body. These medicines work best if they are taken as soon as you have symptoms of the flu. For that reason, it is important that you call your doctor as soon as you notice flu-like symptoms.
At this time, there have been no reports to show harm to the pregnant woman or her unborn baby. Flu can cause serious illness and even death in pregnant women. Taking antiviral medicine can help prevent these severe outcomes.
Treat any fever right away. Acetaminophen (Tylenol®) is best for a pregnant woman to use to reduce a fever.
The other type of flu vaccine - a nasal spray - is not approved for pregnant women. This vaccine is made with live, weakened flu virus. Nasal spray flu vaccine should be used only in healthy people 2-49 years of age who are not pregnant.
In 1976, an earlier type of swine flu vaccine was associated with cases of a severe paralytic illness called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) at a rate of approximately 1 case of GBS per 100,000 persons vaccinated. Some studies done since 1976 have shown a small risk of GBS in persons who received the seasonal influenza vaccine. This risk is estimated to be no more than 1 case of GBS per 1 million persons vaccination
OB&G-AIM4PG, [27.01.18 16:36]
USG examination of a 8 weeks pregnant female shows a gestational sac with absent fetal parts. The diagnosis is:
A. Ectopic pregnancy
B. Missed abortion
C. Threatened abortion
D. Blighted ovumâś…
Explanation:
Anembryonic pregnancy previously k/as blighted ovum is an US diagnosis.
In this embryo fails to develop or resorbed after loss of viability.
On US empty gestational sac, smaller mean gestational diameter, absent foetus echo and absent foetal cardiac movements is seen.