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Does Typhoid Fever And Its Medication Affect The Pregnancy?
Hi,my wife is pregnant.today she has completed 58 days.in scan the fetus is having correct growth.She had fever and it has been diagonised as a trace of typhoid with 1:40 ratio,she is being treated with paracetamol and chloramphenicol..Will the fever and treatment affect the pregnancy.
Wed, 28 Oct 2015
Hi,
Please change the chloramphenicol to some other safer antibiotic. It is known to cause problems in the baby and avoided during pregnancy.
Yes Very high fever can also have an effect on pregnancy and paracetamol should be given and tepid sponging done regularly to avoid high temperature.
If your wife recovers well and soon ,their should not be any long term harm to the pregnancy.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
Please change the chloramphenicol to some other safer antibiotic. It is known to cause problems in the baby and avoided during pregnancy.
Yes Very high fever can also have an effect on pregnancy and paracetamol should be given and tepid sponging done regularly to avoid high temperature.
If your wife recovers well and soon ,their should not be any long term harm to the pregnancy.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
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