Sexually Transmitted Infections-STIs (See also HIV)
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Counsel on Increased Risk with Pregnancy
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STIs can be transmitted to a fetus or infant before, during, or after birth.
Syphilis and HIV can cross the placenta. HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B,
and genital herpes can be transmitted during vaginal delivery.
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Untreated STDs increase the risk for preterm labor, premature rupture of the
membranes, and uterine infection after delivery.
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Untreated STDs increase the risk for the following fetal and infant outcomes:
stillbirth, low birth weight, neonatal conjunctivitis, neonatal pneumonia, neonatal
sepsis, neurologic damage, blindness, deafness, acute hepatitis, meningitis, chronic
liver disease, and cirrhosis.
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