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A member asked:
If you contracted whooping cough during pregnancy, would you affect your unborn baby?
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
See below: It will not cause any harm to the fetus.
Answered 3/15/2017
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When in pregnancy?: There are no real effects on the fetus but if pertussis (whooping cough) occurs close to delivery, there is a potential risk of transmission to the newborn.
Answered 10/15/2017
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General rules: Infections in the mother can harm a fetus 2 ways.If it triggers excessive fever for days during the first weeks it may. The other way is if it travels in the blood and infects baby, like rubella or the new zeka. Neither of these scenarios are part of the pertussis experience in adults.It is more of a nasty bronchitis with 3 months of coughing.
Answered 8/12/2017
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