Tuberculosis and pregnancy

Such a fairly common disease, like tuberculosis, also occurs during pregnancy. In this case, its clinical manifestations are noticeable only when there is a massive lesion of the lung tissue, and as a result - develops respiratory failure. Sometimes, only with the advent of the latter, women learn about tuberculosis.

What is the risk of tuberculosis during pregnancy?

According to statistical data, in the presence of the tuberculosis process, an increase in the incidence of anemia is noted in the pregnant body. In addition, tuberculosis during pregnancy often leads to the development of both early and late gestosis, and also provokes an early outpouring of amniotic fluid.

In this case, the absence of complications in the presence of pulmonary tuberculosis during pregnancy and also childbirth is observed in 46% of cases. The premature onset of the labor process occurs only in 6% of cases. The postpartum period in women with this pathology has a favorable course.

How to determine the presence of tuberculosis on your own?

In a seemingly normal pregnancy, a woman should be alerted when symptoms of tuberculosis appear, which include:

• prolonged cough with or without phlegm;
• presence of blood in the sputum;
• pain in the chest;
• constant shortness of breath.

In addition to the above symptoms, the pathology is characterized by the so-called common signs that are typical for any infectious process: weakness, increased sweating, decreased appetite, etc. Also a characteristic sign of the presence of the disease is a prolonged and periodic rise in temperature to subfebrile values.

In such situations, the doctor necessarily specifies the woman all the circumstances, tk. perhaps she had contact with a patient or a carrier of tuberculosis. So, quite often the arising pregnancy is in danger, at presence of a tuberculosis at the husband, let even in the latent form.

Thus, it is best to plan a pregnancy after the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis , which will eliminate the possibility of infection of the baby.