Patient's question:
I developed a vaginal infection about four and a half months after getting pregnant because we had sex during pregnancy. It was also a non-specific vaginal infection. The doctor advised me not to have the child because untreated, it could lead to miscarriage or infect the baby. The medication used for treatment would also be harmful to the child! But I want this child. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
Vaginal candidiasis is undoubtedly harmful to the patient. In addition to causing problems for the mother's perinatal health, severely infected patients may also affect their normal work and exercise. During early pregnancy, this harm naturally decreases because it may also harm the fetus—mildly causing restlessness in fetal movement, and severely leading to premature birth or miscarriage.It has been reported that bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy significantly increases the rates of postpartum infection, neonatal infection, and neonatal jaundice, respectively, by 14.3%, 9.5%, and 23.8%, which are several times higher than those in normal pregnant women, directly threatening the fetal growth, development, and health.
Furthermore, some scholars, through careful clinical observations based on a large number of diagnostic cases, believe that this condition is directly related to preterm premature rupture of membranes and intrauterine infection.