Re: GBS and help I asked for.

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t Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Mamid wrote: >
>I find it really sad that I asked for help from your forum yesterday
>about Group B Strep and have not gotten a response. Instead, women
>posting about condoms get responses faster than I have.
>
>I am allergic to penicilin and that includes the entire family of drugs.
>I have a contraindication for clyndamycin and the last drug used to
>treat pregnant women in labour - erythromycin - my doctor doesn't want
>to use because in his experience it makes women sick. I don't blame
>him. It makes me sick just taking the pill form.
>
>I could have used any ideas at alternative treatment other than shoving
>my newborn full of antibiotics. Anything would have been brought up to
>my doctor and presented as an alternative for when I go into labour
>which can be anytime now.
>
>I know the risks associated with transmission to the baby, so any
>alternative treatment other than the IV antibiotics listed above would
>have been beneficial. I'm trying to keep both of us healthy and would
>be willing to do pratically anything to achieve it.
>
>A cesarean, however, is out of the question since it would not diminish
>the rate of transmission.
>
>I was hoping to get some sort of hint as to where to look for an
>alternative. Instead, I risk our lives because there have been none
>presented to me.
>
>Thanks a lot.

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina

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