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Re: Measles, chicken pox and pregnant

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:15:57 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Jen wrote: >
>When it rains, it pours! I'm 15 weeks pregnant, my 14-month old daughter
>currently has measles (a reaction from her recent MMR vaccination, the
>dr. says) and I just found out my father has shingles (I've never had
>chicken pox or the vaccine, and his dr. says shingles are contagious to
>those who haven't). My question is, should I be worried about the
>effect on the baby from either of these? My father has a very mild case
>of shingles, and as far as I can tell, I haven't had much touch contact
>with him recently; we've just been in the same room, hugged goodbye,
>etc. What should I do?

You are doing the right thing.

-- 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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