Bengaluru: Gynecologist in Bengaluru has raised concerns over the increasing trend of pregnant women who signed Covid.
While most of these women are asymptomatic, the fact that they have been infected by the virus have caused stress among women and family members too.
While there are exact quantities of infected pregnant women not available, the level of participants among them is almost the same as the general population, said Dr.
Savitha C, Head of the Obstetrics and Gynecological Department, Vani Vilas Hospital.
He is also a member of the Covid Negara Technical Expert Committee.
“Five of the 10 pregnant women tested for Covid returned a positive test,” said Gynecologist Dr.
Hema Dibakar.
In Bengaluru, HSIS Gosha Hospital, Covid-19 Hospital dedicated to pregnant care, has almost 100 pregnant women, 90 of them have been delivered.
Only three newborns are tested positive for viruses.
Dr.
Padmini Prasad, President, Bangaluru Society of Obstetrics and Gynecological (BSOG), said the situation is now much better than the two previous waves.
“In the second wave, many pregnant women contracted covid-faced abortion, premature labor and many need to be treated in the ICU.
This time, things are far better with fever lasts for only three days,” said Dr.
Prasad.
Most of them are also fully vaccinated, he added.
In addition to fever, many women complain weakness and lack of energy.
“However, we don’t know what the long-term effects are,” Dr.
Prasad said.
‘How do I contract covid though not out of the house’, is a general question.
Dr.
Savitha shows that while pregnant women do not move, they are not immune.
“Moving family members can spread infection.
Once a family member tests positive, the woman is more vulner,” said Dr.
Savitha.
Add anxiety but what is most turned off is mandatory isolation, the doctor said.
Dr.
Divak said these women need counseling because they are constantly worried about their babies, even when they have nil or light symptoms.
In isolation, they are lonely, and even more stressful.
“Insulation imprisonment affects them.
Because they don’t have people around them, they are worried about all kinds of things, directly from the baby’s development to think of stigma and what can happen during labor,” Dr.
Dibakak said.
In some cases, even though it has symptoms, women avoid testing.
Then, they worry whether they are infected or not.
In most cases, only paracetamol is prescribed even though in rare cases, antibiotics too, say doctors.
“In this wave, we don’t have confusion about medicines at all.
There is no ivermectin, remedyivir or molnupiravir.
We are very occasionally prescribing antibiotics,” said Dr.
Dibakak.
However, Dr.
Savitha said women at Vani Vilas Hospital did not have an anxiety related to isolation.
“It depends on the socio-economic status of the person too.
We have not found this problem,” said Dr.
Savitha.
He said that ensuring the mask compliance among his patients himself was difficult and they might not isolate themselves at home, given a lack of facilities.
“Unlike the previous wave, now the isolation period is reduced to seven days.
In addition, it is possible that the more they read about Covid, the more worried they will get,” he said.
The Ministry of Health plans to record keposititants among pregnant women.
“We don’t have that data, but as a growing strategy, we need to have it,” said D Randeep, the health commissioner.
“In most cases, Covid’s findings are incidental among pregnant women in front of labor.
In the second wave too, we have seen the success of delivery, even though Covid.”