In the last month, a surge in serious cases, the appeal of the Obstetrics Head: “Vaccinate yourselves to defend yourself and the fetus”
TREVISO. Infected in a more serious way and forced to hospitalization to protect their health and that of the baby they carry in their womb. A third of the expectant mothers who have seriously contracted Covid in pregnancy have been followed in the last month by the Treviso hospital. Spike in infections Six pregnant women infected in a “serious” way in the last month compared to 19 who needed hospital care in the whole year and a half of the pandemic.
Numbers that made the head physician Enrico Busato and his entire team of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the capital worry. “The six women we have assisted in the last thirty days were welcomed in Infectious Diseases, Pneumology and Resuscitation, we were very impressed by their severity, much more marked than that seen in pregnant patients infected with the virus in the past” emphasizes Dr. Busato. The most serious, a young mother in the 28th week, admitted to intensive care, intubated, with a serious acute bilateral pneumonia.
After a few weeks in a reserved prognosis, she finally feels better and is out of danger, even if a long course awaits her to recover her strength and prepare for the birth. His condition aroused great apprehension for long weeks, in which he risked his life, today things are fortunately better. few vaccinated What caused the surge in infections in the last month? Blame the Delta variant which is much more transmissible and virulent when it strikes.
And to this we must add the fact that pregnant women are among the least immunized groups of the population against Covid, given the low adherence to vaccination for fear that the anti-virus drug could harm the fetus. A myth to dispel, underlines Busato, who has made correct information on the goodness of vaccination in gestation his workhorse, so much so that he has opened a Pink Point, which acts as a listening desk to dissolve doubts and fears of future mothers. «The greatest fear of patients is for the child: they fear that it may have post-vaccination consequences and that the vaccine somehow enters the fetus by modifying the genetic part, which we know is absolutely not true. The mRna vaccine works by stimulating the production of antibodies in the recipient, but then it is disintegrated by the body. Therefore, there is no contraindication to vaccination during pregnancy ”continues the head physician Busato. The desk Il Punto rosa of Ulss 2 is open every Wednesday from 3 to 7 pm at the vaccination center of the former Maber in Castrette di Villorba. In Montebelluna, on the other hand, pregnant women can send an email ([email protected]) or call 0423 611660 on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 pm to dispel any doubts. In Conegliano the information point for pregnant women is open every day from 3 to 5 pm by contacting 0438 663128. –
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