Infectiology during pregnancy

Toxoplasmosis infection (ToxoCare) is widely spread worldwide. If an infection occurs during pregnancy, the transfer of parasites to the unborn can lead to miscarriage or a great impairment of the child.

An infection lived through before pregnancy, by contrast, protects (immunity) the unborn.

The parasites are transferred through a cat’s faeces (cat’s loo, garden work, sand box) and contact (preparation and eating) of raw or incompletely cooked meat.

90% of healthy women show no suspicious clinical symptoms when infected. A blood screening at an early stage of the pregnancy can help determine whether you are immune or have toxoplasmosis. Control during the pregnancy can rule first infection during pregnancy and thus a risk to the unborn.

A strep infection (StreptoCare) can threaten the life of the child. A strep test in the last trimester of the pregnancy is the precondition to recognising an infection of the mother and to lowering the infection risk during birth by treating it.

A chicken pox infection can also endanger the unborn child if the infection occurs close to the end of pregnancy. 

A rubella infection during pregnancy can often lead to serious developmental disorder and impairment of the child. The examination of immunity against rubella is paid for by the health care system. Infection with the Parvo Virus B19 can also affect the unborn child. A determination of the mother‘s immunity makes sense here.

As an infection with the Cytomegaly Virus (CMV) during pregnancy can cause malformation of the child, we recommend a cytomegaly screening at the beginning of the pregnancy.

The same is true for an HIV test.