Some notes for HIV-infected mothers during the postpartum period

Women with HIV after birth, what precautions should be taken?

- Dr. DAO XUAN DUNG (Specialty II, Obstetrics and Gynecology): In HIV-infected mothers, there is an increase in the rate of postpartum sepsis, broad-spectrum chicken pox and fever related to TB or other The raw material is unknown.

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The postpartum period is probably one of the most vulnerable times for women who are immunocompromised.

Abnormal infections may also occur as peritonitis after a routine surgery such as postpartum ligation or defense osteoarthritis after spontaneous labor.

Syndrome can also occur due to damage to the nervous system related to HIV.

Clinically difficult to distinguish between postpartum psychosis, cerebral malaria and HIV-related brain complications.

The treatment of complications and infections in patients with HIV + needs stronger antibiotics than other patients.

A common rule to remember is that blood transfusions and transfusions of blood products are always at risk of actually infecting HIV. Therefore, blood transfusion should be reserved for life-threatening complications and should not be assigned arbitrarily, such as moderate anemia in the postpartum period.

In the first weeks after giving birth, when the woman is still producing blood and vaginal and vaginal wounds are still unhealthy, having sex with an HIV + husband is more likely to be infected with HIV (if the person is women are not infected before. Likewise, postpartum women with HIV + are also more likely to spread HIV to men.

Women with HIV / AIDS may have special psychological problems. It is afraid of being disgusted by the contemptuous community, being criticized by relatives, abandoned by carers.

Not sure that the healthy baby always haunts the mother and the feeling of guilt reigns in the mother for spreading the disease to her child.

If these feelings are too much, it can become signs of mental illness that are difficult to distinguish from postpartum mental disorders or brain complications caused by HIV infection.