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Re: 16 weeks pregnant--risks associated with fever

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:15:27 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 1 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Okay, okay, I know I'm jumping on the hysteria bandwagon, but I'm
>wondering how an extended high fever (such as the one said to be
>associated with SARS) would affect a 16 week old fetus. I've read a lot
>in the forums about fever in the first trimester, but little about
>second semester risk. Would an extended high fever cause harm at this
>stage?
>
>Thanks for your help--
>
>Ana

Very, very high temp ( 102-104) is always harmful to fetus if they are prolonged.

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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