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Will Being Positive For Rubella Igg Avidity Test Have Any Effct On Pregnancy?

Hi. I am Tsering from Nepal. I am pregnant of 10 weeks. I checked rubella Igm and it is posetive. Then my doctor ask me to check again rubella Igg avidity and it is also highly posetivewith 72%. so Am I safe to continue my pregnancy or not?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
Tsering
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
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Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic
I have gone through your question and I understood your problem.
A rubella infection can cause miscarriage, preterm birth, or stillbirth, as well as a variety of birth defects, but it depends on how far along you are when you contract the virus. The risks are highest during the early stages of a baby's development and they go down as pregnancy progresses.
If you get rubella during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, there's a high chance (up to 85 percent) that your baby will develop CRS. The rate of CRS for a baby whose mother is infected between 13 and 16 weeks is about 54 percent, and the rate continues to go down sharply from there. After 20 weeks there's very little risk that the infection will cause a birth defect.
There's a wide range of very serious problems associated with CRS, most commonly deafness, eye defects (which may lead to blindness), heart malformations, and neurologic problems, such as intellectual disability. Other defects may also be evident at birth, or problems may surface later in infancy and childhood.
So I advice you to consult with your obstetrician as soon as possible. Thank you.
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Will Being Positive For Rubella Igg Avidity Test Have Any Effct On Pregnancy?

Hey thanks for your faith in the health care Magic I have gone through your question and I understood your problem. A rubella infection can cause miscarriage, preterm birth, or stillbirth, as well as a variety of birth defects, but it depends on how far along you are when you contract the virus. The risks are highest during the early stages of a baby s development and they go down as pregnancy progresses. If you get rubella during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, there s a high chance (up to 85 percent) that your baby will develop CRS. The rate of CRS for a baby whose mother is infected between 13 and 16 weeks is about 54 percent, and the rate continues to go down sharply from there. After 20 weeks there s very little risk that the infection will cause a birth defect. There s a wide range of very serious problems associated with CRS, most commonly deafness, eye defects (which may lead to blindness), heart malformations, and neurologic problems, such as intellectual disability. Other defects may also be evident at birth, or problems may surface later in infancy and childhood. So I advice you to consult with your obstetrician as soon as possible. Thank you.