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How serious is congenital cmv in a newborn?
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CMV: from being asymptomatic to death hearing loss vision loss mental disability seizures lack of coordination are some of the other permanent disabilities
Answered 12/2/2014
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Depends: CMV is a "sleeper". Some term infants are born with CMV and manifest no symptoms. However some may have hearing difficulties. If an infant is born with CMV and has a full-blown syndrome that affects the liver, lungs,brain, eyes-then it is a serious condition that is hard to treat. Treatment with drugs is not very successful. CMV causes neurologic injury may be severe result in microcephaly
Answered 12/17/2014
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