PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.7: Aids, Hiv, Spina Bifida
25 Nov 2017
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Rubella (measles): greatest damage during embryonic period. Deafness, eye deformities, heart, genital, urinary, intestinal, bone and dental defects, and mental retardation. Less harmful during fetal period but low birth weight, hearing loss and bone defects still possible. Human immunodeficiency virus (hiv): can lead to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) Weight loss, diarrhea and repeated respiratory illnesses in infants. Nearly half of aids babies die by 1 yo and 90% by 3yo. Antiretroviral drug treatment reduces prenatal aids transmission by 95% without harmful consequences of drug therapy for children. Cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex 2 don"t have vaccines or treatments. Virus invades mother"s genital tract infects babies during pregnancy or birth. Mild or no symptoms or unfamiliar symptoms increased likelihood of contagion. Toxoplasmosis: found in many animals, transmitted by eating raw or undercooked meat or contact with feces of infected cats. First trimester eye and brain damage. Later infection milk visual and cognitive impairments.
