Herpes on the lips during pregnancy: danger, consequences, treatment. Causes of herpes on the lips of 1, 2 and 3 trimester of pregnancy

Is the "cold" on the lips during pregnancy. How can it affect the fetus. How to treat herpetic infection in pregnant women.

Herpes is a disease caused by herpes viruses. Their carriers are many people, about 90 % of the total population of the planet.
The herpes virus is activated and becomes aggressive with obvious manifestations of the disease with a decrease in human immunity. And immunity can decrease due to many causes - colds, stresses, and, including pregnancy.

To figure out whether herpes is dangerous during pregnancy, we will tell you a little more about what herpes is, and how it acts in the body.

Herpes on the lips: is it worth it to worry?

Several types of herpes are distinguished - the first, second, third, as well as Epstein virus, cytomegalovirus and several others.

1. The first type is a familiar skin of the skin and mucous membranes, manifested in the appearance of crowded bubbles and sores on the skin and mucous membranes after opening
2. The second type is herpes that affects genitals
3. The third is herpes, in which a children's chickenpox appears and encircling lichen
4. Epstein virus and cytomegalovirus, when they are activated and damaged by their body, can lead to serious consequences for it

Herpes virus disease can be primary, this is when it is first in the human body.
In the future, it can have relapses, since the herpes virus is not completely removed from the body, but is latent, hidden, and manifests itself, as already noted, with a decrease in immunity in a person.

With primary infection with herpes virus, especially the first type of herpes virus:

1. A person first feels malaise, as with a cold or flu
2. He will have chills, itching, burning sensations on the skin
3. Herpes develops, turning into the stage of formation of spots, turning into bubbles with liquid. These bubbles are called vesicles, and they, after a while, burst
4. The vesicula is then formed crusts that later disappear

Important: infection of herpes viruses comes from a sick person or a carrier of a virus, in which the symptoms do not even appear in an explicit form

Is herpes dangerous on the lips during pregnancy?

The appearance of herpes on the lips during pregnancy means that the pregnant woman is infected with the virus, and any viral diseases, as understanding, are extremely not desirable during pregnancy.

Both the disease itself and the treatment of pregnant drugs can negatively affect the development of the fetus. In addition, the future mother herself with a viral infection feels bad, her immunity is reduced, which means that there may be other health problems, which, in turn, also negatively affects the development of the child in the womb.

Important: the most unpleasant is the initial lesion of the herpes virus. Not only is her condition to be extremely unpleasant due to intoxication, but also possible in 90 % of cases of fetal lesion

If a woman previously had similar manifestations of herpes, then in her body there are certain antibodies to minimize the troubles associated with the development of this virus.

The possible negative impact of the consequences of recurrent infection with the herpes virus of the pregnant woman on the child is estimated in 5 % of cases.
If the pregnancy has occurred, then the pregnant woman needs to try to avoid contacts with the carriers of the herpes virus:

• not eat from one dish
• do not use a common towel
• do not kiss

With the genital form of defeat by the virus, a partner during sexual relations must be used by condoms.

Important: for a woman planning pregnancy, a recommendation may be a vaccine from herpes, which will help minimize the risks of infection with herpes virus

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Can herpes on the lips be a sign of pregnancy?

The onset of pregnancy is established on various signs. At home, a woman can recognize the onset of pregnancy, if she does not have menstruation, the chest glands and so on are swelling. Pregnancy then confirms the gynecologist based on examination and ultrasound.
If a woman has herpes, this should not mean at all that she is pregnant. This only means that the virus manifested itself and moved into an active-aggressive form of its life.

Herpes on the lips when planning pregnancy

It is hardly possible, when planning a pregnancy, to take into account all the factors that can affect its course.

1. If a woman is a bearer of herpes virus, and her manifestations arose repeatedly, this means that her body is already familiar with him, has antibodies to him and can cope with him. The child in the womb will be protected
2. If herpes arose in the woman initially, then, when planning a pregnancy, she should take care that he has passed, and also strengthen her immunity with good nutrition, physical activity, and good mood

All these tips relate to the herpes virus of the first type, namely, herpes on the lips. Unfortunately, herpes on the genitals is much more dangerous for both women and child, so it should be taken very seriously to its treatment.

Herpes on the lips in 1 trimester of pregnancy

If infection occurred, and herpes appeared on the lips of a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks), then this can adversely affect the underdevelopment of the fetus, the formation of which occurs very actively during this period.

By the blood of a woman, through the formative placenta, the virus can infect the fetus and harm it.
Herpes can also create a threat to spontaneous miscarriage.

Herpes on the lips in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy

Unpleasant situations with continuing to develop in the womb of the fruit can also appear if herpes activated in pregnant women during the second trimester (up to 22 weeks):

• excellence and congenital damage to the fetus can still develop
• there is a threat of miscarriage

Important: relapses of the disease at this time rarely lead to any negative consequences

Herpes on the lips in 3 trimester of pregnancy

It is believed that herpes on the lips in the third trimester of pregnancy is less aggressive than in the early stages, however, with the initial lesion of the pregnant woman, the same risks of infection of the fetus are preserved, up to the occurrence of premature birth and the birth of a dead child. Recurrent herpes does not create such risks.

Herpes on the lips during pregnancy, consequences

The consequences of the appearance of the herpes virus on the lips during pregnancy can be reduced to the following:

• without consequences, especially with a recurrent form of the disease in a pregnant woman
• minimum, associated with unpleasant sensations in a pregnant woman (itching, burning, etc.)
• significant, associated with infection of the fetus, damage to its brain, spontaneous miscarriage or the birth of a dead child

What to do with herpes on the lips during pregnancy?

Treatment of all diseases during pregnancy should be agreed exclusively with a gynecologist observing the pregnant woman. Only a doctor can evaluate the risks of the health of a woman and her fetus and prescribe adequate therapy.

A pregnant woman, in order to protect herself and her unborn child from all kinds of negative consequences, must monitor her health, and her relatives and friends should help her in every possible way in this. Recipes of her lifestyle are known to everyone:

• healthy and good nutrition
• positive emotions
• positive surrounding environment
• strengthening immunity
• avoiding overwork and hypothermia
• possible vaccination against herpes virus

Herpes treatment on the lips during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the external use of medicines against herpes is least dangerous.
If a pregnant woman’s manifestation has not been the first time, then the doctor can prescribe antivirus ointment against him. These include:

• zovirax
• alizarin ointment
• oxolin ointment

Internally, antiviral effects with a pregnant doctor, as a rule, are not prescribed.

Folk remedies for the treatment of herpes include:

• lubrication of the lips of the toothpaste "Forest balm"
• lubrication of lips with sea buckthorn oil, rosehip oil or tea tree
• the use of special anti -German lipsticks created on the basis of tea tree oil
• compliance with individual hygiene and hygiene of relations with a partner

Herpes ointment on the lips during pregnancy

Acyclovir ointment is perhaps the only drug allowed by pregnant women to treat herpes.

There is also a solution of acyclovir, which, with severe herpes lesions, is recommended for intravenous use.

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