CHICKENPOX AND PREGNANCY
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https://doi.org/10.32689/2663-0672-2025-1-14Keywords:
сhickenpox, pregnancy, childrenAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of the problem of Chickenpox in pregnancy. Chickenpox is a common not a severe childhood illness but if this develops in pregnancy it is associated with serious adverse sequelae such as congenital varicella syndrome, maternal VZV pneumonia and neonatal varicella infection which may lead to feto-maternal morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to analyze and systematize data on the problem of Varicella Zoster Virus (Chickenpox) Infection in Pregnancy. Materials and methods. The materials of the study were international and national concepts and strategies, regulatory documents, clinical guidelines, information from scientific databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed. The methods of comparative analysis, systematization and generalization of information on the problem of Chickenpox in pregnancy were used. Results and discussion. 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. Mortality from maternal chickenpox pneumonia can range from 3-14% to 20-45%, depending on whether timely therapy was initiated. 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. Conclusions. The necessity of a more significant study of the problem of Chickenpox in Pregnancy, complications, clinical manifestations has been substantiated.
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