U.S. study showed on July 29, pregnant women who fell ill flu H1N1 has four times the disease is severe demands opname in the hospital than other people infected with the virus.
They also face greater likelihood akan pigs died due to the flu or even seasonal flu, but Unfortunately, only 15 percent of pregnant women in the United States Centers for care advice Disease Control and Prevention (CDD – Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and get an annual flu shot .
Data gathered and analyzed by CDC for the study indicates that there are 34 cases of flu (A) H1N1 has been confirmed that among pregnant women in the U.S. between mid-April and mid May, the first month berjangkitnya influenza is that since then as the pandemic has been declared by World Health Organization (WHO).
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Eleven of the pregnant women, or approximately one third, to stay in the hospital. Figures in hospital care for the members of the public flu infected pigs around eight percent, or a quarter of the number of pregnant women.
One of the women are sick in the first month it died, but five more pregnant women died as a result of swine flu in the U.S. in berjangkitnya disease, earlier reports said.
Overall then they suffered from pneumonia and acute respiratory syndrome interference that requires mechanical ventilation.
“We know that in the seasonal flu and flu situation in pandemis that pregnant women exposed to increased risk of severe disease and death threatened,” said CDC officials, Denise Jamieson, chairman of the study team
Increase the risk of complications that may occur due to changes in the body of a woman during pregnancy, he said.
“There are mechanical and hormonal changes in pregnancy, changes occur in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, there are changes in the body’s immune system,” said Jamieson.
‘Paru capacity decreased because the womb when it is moving diaphragm (septum cavity) and up to essentially narrow the space for the lungs. All these changes make a pregnant women be more vulnerable and affected by more severe virus-specific viruses, including flu. ”
Six pregnant women who died earlier to seek medical care within one to seven days after showing symptoms similar to flu. Whole are given anti-viral drugs that have been effective in the fight against new types of swine flu, but no one shall receive peratawatan until at least six days after the appearance of symptoms.
Anti-viral drug oseltamivir and zanamivir, which have been proven effective against the virus (A) H1N1, the most successful in reducing illness flu if given starting 48 hours after exposure before the disease.
CDC began carefully monitoring the infection-infection (A) H1N1 in pregnant women in May after a woman aged 33 years, previously healthy pregnancy at the age of 35-week to become the second person in the U.S. died due to the swine flu. USA has confirmed 302 deaths due to the swine flu since July 24, the victim died in the world.