Recurrent herpes infection in a 10 week pregnant woman

From: Pierre Deshaies (pdeshaies@upc.qc.ca)
Fri Apr 5 20:30:45 1996


Good evening everybody,

I would appreciate an up-to-date information and opinion about treatment and follow up for one of my patients. She is a 35 years old with a 9 4/7 weeks pregnancy with past history of recurrent genital herpes (once a month or a 1 1/2 month) for the past five years. She developed a more severe than usual acute episode of genital herpes two days ago. She is not curently on any medication.

Q: What is the risk of fetal infection? and of congenital malformation or other complication ? What would you suggest for treatment other than topical acyclovir? Any other suggestion regarding follow up of the pregnancy vs possible fetal malformations?

Looking forward to hear from you.

Dr. Pierre Deshaies, m.d.

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