this paper is by terry kemp. she is a midwife with 10 years record of service. in this paper she speaks about her own experience which had burdened her in that condition. herpes gestation is a rare condition and has been defined in books related to autoimmune gestation disease. if your reaction after reading the title of this paper was just shrugging your shoulders and accepting it as a viral i...

herpes simplex esophagitis (hse) has rarely been reported in immunocom­petent individuals. in a search of medline until october 2012, we found only one case of hse in a pregnant female. we present the first case of hse in a healthy 36-year-old female at 27 weeks gestation who recovered without an­tiviral therapy. normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa

Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis, with significant morbidity and mortality that are effectively reduced by antiviral treatment. Herpes simplex infection in pregnant women rarely results in encephalitis. The most common symptoms of a pregnant woman with herpes simplex infection are colds and skin vesicles. Herpetic encephalitis...

Uteroplacental transmission of a primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in pregnancy has been reported; however, HSV ventriculomegaly of the neonate has not been well documented in utero. We present a case of a 19-year-old woman who developed a primary HSV outbreak at 17 weeks of gestation and was treated with acyclovir. A congenital malformation scan at 18 weeks of gestation demonstrated...

We report the anaesthetic management of a pregnant patient with multiple manifestations of HIV infection who underwent Caesarean section. A 30-yr-old, HIV-positive, Haitian woman presented with acute psychosis at 28 weeks' gestation. A diagnosis of HIV dementia complex was made and haloperidol therapy was started. Five days after admission the patient was found to be in labour and tocolytic the...

Herpes simplex virus infections of humans have been known since ancient times. Contemporary society has witnessed a series of devastating manifestations of herpes simplex virus infections--namely, genital herpes simplex virus infection and neonatal herpes simplex virus infection. With the evolution of society, particularly advances in birth control and increasing promiscuity, the seroprevalence...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of routine antenatal screening for herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 in women without a known history of genital herpes. STUDY DESIGN Decision analysis was used to compare 3 treatment strategies to prevent neonatal herpes infection in women without a known history of genital herpes simplex virus: (1) the current standard o...

OBJECTIVE Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is one of the most common viral sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. Perinatal transmission of the virus to the fetus or neonate is a major concern in affected pregnancies. Our objective was to systematically review published data to estimate the effect of prophylactic acyclovir provided to pregnant women near term on the rat...