Vaginal odor during pregnancy 

Vaginal odor during pregnancy can usually be prevented, controlled and eliminated by proper hygiene. Read on to find out what causes vaginal odor during pregnancy and how to get rid of it.

One of the many changes that can occur during pregnancy is a strong odor, foul, and from her vagina fish. This may come as a shock to you because you may not have anticipated such an unpleasant result. You may even begin to feel insecure whenever you visit your prenatal provider, thinking that their odor will be too much for her to bear.

Vaginal odor during pregnancy is normal?

It is common in more than 65% of women to emit a fishy odor while they are with the child. These smells can range from being weak to very strong.However, if you are one of those women, you have nothing to worry about. After all, your doctor will have experimented with patients like you before, so you need not be ashamed of it.

To make sure you are healthy, you may have tested for any medical conditions, such as bacteria, yeast, or sexually transmitted infections. If the results turn out to be negative, then your hormones are more likely causing the smell. Changes in your body comes naturally when you get pregnant, so if your vaginal odor began at the same time her pregnancy made, they will probably end up at the same time, too.

What Causes Vaginal Odor during pregnancy?

1. Hormone

Her pregnancy will change your body dramatically and cause changes in their hormones to help in the development of your baby. Estrogen and progesterone are secreted by your body to facilitate the formation of the placenta in its úteroe cervix provide your baby with the right nutrients.Furthermore, prolactin acts as a signal for their mammary glands to start lactation at some point before their nine months are up. These changes in your hormonal activity also trigger an increase in vaginal secretions, causing a strong odor.

2. Infection

Next to hormonal changes, vaginal infections are the most common cause of bad smell. The first type, known as a yeast infection occurs when the population of naturally occurring fungi, increases dramatically. This causes uncontrollable itching and releases a discharge that has a foul odor.Furthermore, bacterial vaginitis develops due to multiplication of the bacterial culture into the vagina. It can be treated with antibiotics. These infections are dangerous and pose a risk to the health of your baby. Be sure to talk to your doctor if you notice yellow discharge, white or green additional or experience uncontrollable itching in their genital areas. These are signs of infection and should be treated by a specialist.

3. Diet

Although odors health vaginal by dietary causes can progress at any time, they occur most commonly in pregnant women. When you begin to develop a series of desires, especially for dairy products or foods with garlic as an ingredient, you may notice a change in their patterns of vaginal secretion. This may be causing your bad taste.

4. Other Factors

The herpes simplex virus and other STIs can also be the cause of your vaginal odor. Consult your doctor for a complete diagnosis.

When to see a doctor

1. last for a long time

If you notice that odors are coming from your vaginal discharge for a notable period of time, it is advisable that vocêconsulte your doctor to make sure that there is nothing wrong.

2. Yeast Infection

Although the presence of yeast in their vagina is perfectly normal, your balance will be interrupted by the hormonal changes of your pregnancy.This will bring its population to grow, making your itchy vagina and creating a strong smell. This should be treated at once using an antifungal cream prescribed by the doctor.

3. Bacterial Vaginitis

An imbalance in the pH level of your vagina will cause bacterial vaginitis. This can lead to inflammation, intense and uncontrollable itching, and painful burning sensation that usually acts up when urinating or having sex.

This condition can cause the baby be underweight, or your work to start earlier than expected. Seek immediate medical attention if you suspect a problem. You will probably be given antibiotics to remedy the effects.

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As Recognizing a Measles Rash?

The measles rash can be quite easy to identify, either by their itching or on its actual appearance on an infected person by measles morbillivirus-causing. The measles rash usually appears about two weeks after the child has been around someone who has the virus. An early indication of measles is the visibility of Koplik spots, tiny blue-white spots surrounded by red inside the mouth, around the cheek area. These stains are from about 1 mm to 2 mm in diameter. The measles rash usually appears on the skin near the ears and hairline over time the Koplik spots are disappearing.

Measles is typically a childhood disease caused by morbillivirus that lives in the mouth and nose of infected children. The virus is released into the air when the child coughs or sneezes and, as such, is highly contagious. The incubation period - the time between a person to be exposed to the virus symptoms and developing - measles is 10 to 14 days.Although outbreaks are less common nowadays, as a result of widespread immunization programs, measles complications include pneumonia and encephalitis, and can be quite severe.

One to two days after the first measles rash appears near the hairline, it can spread to the trunk and limbs, while starts to disappear from the face. The measles rash may be slightly itchy. The patient is usually infectious from a few days days before the outbreak of appearance until a few days later; this is where the rash also begins to fade. Before the rash appears as a symptom of measles, the child may feel sick for several days and has a fever, runny nose and cough.

Rubella, caused by rubella viruses, is contracted in the same way as the measles virus and has an incubation period of 12-23 days. When it comes to diagnose German measles, one of the most reliable symptoms is the swelling of lymph nodes around the hair line, behind the ears. A child with German measles will also have a sore throat, runny nose, slight fever and a rash. The outbreak of German measles involves small dots pink that quickly spread throughout the body, especially the torso. Although this rash resembles a rash of measles, there is less of it and it goes away faster.

There is no specific treatment for measles. It's a matter of keeping the child comfortable until the symptoms disappear. The virus is highly contagious, so that the patient should be isolated from other children until it is no longer infectious.

• Individuals born after 1957 should receive vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella.
• A runny nose and cough are usually the first signs of a measles infection.
• Sneezing is a common symptom of measles.
• Fever is a common symptom of measles.
• One of the most common symptoms of rubella is swollen lymph nodes.

The viral skin rash in children 

Viral rashes in children can be daunting for parents at first, but most often they are not serious and goes away quickly. In this article, we'd love to share some important information to help determine if your child has viral rashes and how to treat it.

The viral infection can affect several different sites in the body and when it is in the skin, which can lead to a temporary rash. Most of the time this rash will go away after a few days, but occasionally can last up to two weeks. Viral rashes do not usually lead to pain or itching and therefore there is no need treatment. In some cases, however, a more serious nature of viral infection appears as a rash initially and, therefore, you should know how to treat viral rashes in children as well as when to visit a doctor.

What is a viral outbreak?

1. Viral Rash

The appearance and symptoms of a viral rash will greatly depend on the virus that caused the outbreak and can be only one symptom. In these cases, the rash can help your child's doctor diagnose the virus behind the disease. Several viruses will lead to rash, as well as other symptoms such as cough or fever and sometimes rashes are non-specific, which means that there are unique enough to identify the cause. A viral eruption will vary in size and shape, but are often spotted red spots which usually affect most of the body. Sometimes they suddenly appears or itching, but usually disappear within a few days.

2. types of viral outbreaks

Chickenpox

Types	Outbreak Time	Causes
It takes 10 to 20 days for symptoms to appear and last for about two weeks.	This is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and can be serious for those with HIV, pregnant women, people who take steroids, newborns or people undergoing chemotherapy.
Measles	The rash appears three of the four days and lasts seven days.	This is caused by a paramyxovirus.
Rubella	The symptoms of rubella or German measles, start 14-21 days after exposure.	It is caused by the virus, Rubivirus.
Fifth disease	The rash lasts one or two days.	It is caused by parvovirus B19 and also known as "slapped cheek" disease or erythema infectiosum.
Roseola	The rash appears after the fever that can last eight days.	It is due to the herpes virus 6 or 7.
On the other hand, FMD	Symptoms usually disappear within ten days.	This is caused by coxsackievirus.
Kawasaki disease	The rash appears around five days after a high fever.	It is probably due to viral infection, but details are not yet known.

Sintomasde different viral eruptions

1. Varicella

Chickenpox first appears as an incredibly itchy rash on the scalp, armpits or groin that then spreads throughout the body in waves. The rash begins with a small bubble, surface surrounded by red skin. The bubble ruptures, so that the lesion creates a viral rashes in children crust.Additional symptoms, including red eyes, sore throat, fever malaiseand, and the last two of them may come before the eruption.

2. The measles

The measles usually begin with high fever, lethargy, cough, swelling and tearing, nasal congestion rednessand eye. By the third to fourth day, the child will have a rash on his face. This rash spreads quickly, lasting about 7 days. You can also get another rash with white patches in the mouth gums.

3. Rubella

Rubella begins with a red to pink facial rash that spreads throughout the rest of the child's body and then improves in about 4 days. It is possible that your child will not appear very ill, but will also develop symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes in the neck, especially behind the ears.

4. Fifth Disease

At first, your child will feel tired and sick, and then the eruption comes. The rash appears as bright red cheeks (also known as "disease cheeks hit") and not tender, but warm and occasionally itch. In one or two days, the precipitate Lacy spreads in the body. It will fade a bit when the skin feels cool, but if the child is active or taking a hot bath, it becomes more noticeable. The child is not contagious, since it has the rash.

5. Roseola

There is a high fever peaks for up to eight days and then oerupção appears. The rash consists of slightly raised or flat lesions that are small and pink. They start in trunkthen spread to the ends of your child.

6. On the other hand, Footand FMD

This disease leads to painful sores or rashes on the throat, mouth, feet, hands, and occasionally the buttocks. Most small children and children with him will have a fever, seem extremely tired or weak, or lose their appetite. Symptoms usually disappear within ten days.

7. Kawasaki Disease

In this disease the blood vessel walls become inflamed and making it dangerous. Symptoms begin as reddish eyes and a high fever. Five days later, there is a fragmentary red rash on the trunk. Most of the time the tongue and throat become dark red, and feet and hands may swell and turn purple. Lymph nodes in the neck are also often swollen.

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Treatment for Children with Viral Rashes

1. Drink

If your child has a fever, he will be experiencing an increase in water loss. If your baby is less than a year, keep doing regular food, but give you an oral rehydration solution (such as Pedialyte) between them. If your child is over a year, have him drink or eat a lot of liquids, including juice, water, popsicles Jello-Oe.

2. Eat

If your child does not prefer to have solid food for several days, do not worry. Just make sure he gets plenty of fluids during this time.

3. Playing

Quandoseu child has a viral outbreak, encourage him to nap often. Also, keep your child at home, so it can be silent or rest. He can return to school or day care if the fever is gone and he is feeling better and eating well.

4. Sleeping

It is common for your child to be irritable and sleepless. If your child is congested, try supporting the upper body and head up with pillows. You can put your baby in his car seat on the bed.

Skin Care 5.

As a parent, you should make sure that your child does not scratch the rash and to do so, keep the nails short and clean. You should also let the skin breathe by wearing it with cotton clothing. Sometimes you can reduce itching with an oatmeal bath (such as Aveeno). You can also moisten the skin and decrease the desire of his son to zero with a topical cream like hydrocortisone.

6. Medication

Sometimes you can use an oral antihistamine, such as Benadryl. If you do, however, always be sure to follow the instructions carefully and never use both oral and topical form of Benadryl while, unless your child's doctor tells you to do so. You can also relieve body aches and fever with medications such as Motrin or Tylenol.

How to recognize the symptoms of German measles

How to recognize the symptoms of German measles

Rubella, also known as German measles, is a minor illness usually found in children. These days, most people are vaccinated during childhood, but cases still occur.

Directions 

Recognizing the symptoms of the initial phase of rubella 

1 Check the temperature of the patient. Rubella usually starts with a slight fever. The temperature rarely goes above 100. You can confuse the disease like the common cold.

2 Feel gently around the patient's neck and behind the ears. Rubella also causes swollen lymph nodes and these areas are common pain areas.

3 ask the patient whether they suffer from swelling in the joints, headaches, runny nose or loss of appetite. These are minor symptoms which are known to occur in adults with rubella.

4 Look at the eyes of the patient. If they are swollen and red, the patient may suffer from conjunctivitis. This mild symptoms is rarely found in children but can be common in adult cases.

Recognizing the symptoms of late stage rubella 

5 Check the patient's face to a rash. The rash appears as pink or light red spots just beneath the skin.

6 Recognize the difference between other rashes and German measles. Chickenpox, for example, has blister-like wounds, which then scab over as German measles below the skin.

7 Wait a few days and see the changes in the eruption. The spots on the face should clarify first as the outbreak spreads. The rest of the rash should go away within 3 days.

8 Avoid scratching. German measles will itch a lot, but the less the patient's risks, the faster it will all be over. The itching is a sign that the skin is healing. An oatmeal bath can help relieve itching.

9 Expect dry skin as the healing of the rash. This is a good sign that the disease is ending, but it can be uncomfortable. The skin starts to flake. Use a mild cream to replace moisture in the skin.

Tips: 

• Most patients will undergo a German measles rash. In addition to the eruption, however, some people have additional symptoms at all. This is more common in children.
• German measles should last less than a week. No treatment is necessary and there is very little danger.
• If symptoms of rubella are found in a pregnant woman or someone who lives near a pregnant woman, a doctor should be contacted immediately. Rubella is a harmless disease most often, but can be fatal to an unborn child.
• Keep the patient at home. Measles is very contagious for as long as a week before the rash breaks and one week after the rash clears.

Rubella (German measles) in children

What is rubella (German measles)?

Rubella is a viral disease that results in a viral rash. Exanthem is another name for a rash or skin rash. It is spread from one child to another through direct contact with discharge from the nose and throat.

Infants and children who develop the disease usually only have a mild case of rash and some respiratory symptoms. However, a fetus who contracts rubella from their mother while she is pregnant, can have severe birth defects and consequences. It is also very dangerous for pregnant women to get in touch with someone who has rubella, it can cause an abortion.

What causes rubella?

Rubella is caused by a virus, called Rubivirus. It can be spread from a pregnant mother to the fetus, or from person to person by contact with secretions from an infected person. It is most prevalent in late winter and early spring. Rubella can be prevented by proper immunization with the rubella vaccine.

What are the symptoms of rubella?

The disease itself does not have any long-term consequences except to infected fetuses. The biggest concern is to prevent an infected child from infecting a pregnant woman. It may take between 14 to 21 days for a child to develop signs of rubella after coming in contact with the disease. It is important to know that a child is most contagious when the rash is erupting. However, the child may be contagious beginning 7 days before the onset of the rash and 5 to 7 days after the rash appeared. Therefore, children may be contagious before they even know they have the disease. The following are the most common symptoms of rubella. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:

• Rubella childhood:
  • Rubella may begin with a period of not feeling well, a low-grade fever and diarrhea . This may last for one to five days.
  • The rash then appears as a pink rash with areas of small lesions, raised.
  • The rash starts on the face and then spreads down to the trunk, arms and legs.
  • The rash on the face usually improves as the rash spreads to the arms and legs.
  • The rash usually fades by the third to fifth day.
  • The lymph nodes in the neck may also become enlarged.
  • Older children and adolescents may develop some soreness and inflammation in the joints.
• Congenital rubella syndrome. Rubella, which is present at birth, the child contracted it from his mother while in the womb, can result in many problems, including the following:
  • Cataracts in the eyes
  • Heart problems
  • Mental retardation
  • Growth retardation
  • Increased liver and spleen
  • Skin lesions
  • Bleeding problems

The symptoms of rubella may resemble other skin diseases or medical problems. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.

How does rubella diagnosed?

Rubella is usually diagnosed based on clinical history-taking and physical examination. Rubella lesions are unique, and usually the diagnosis can be made on physical examination. In addition, your child's doctor may order blood tests or urine tests to confirm the diagnosis.

What is the treatment for rubella?

Specific treatment for rubella will be determined by your child's doctor based on:

• The child's age, overall health, and medical history
• Extent of disease
• Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
• Expectations for the course of the disease
• Your opinion or preference

The goal of treatment for rubella is to help prevent disease, or reduce the severity of symptoms. Since it is a viral infection, no cure for rubella. Treatment may include:

• Increased fluid intake
• Rest

How is the avoided rubella?

Since the introduction of rubella vaccine, rubella incidence decreased by over 99 percent. Most cases occur in adults today have not been vaccinated. The rubella vaccine is usually given in combination with measles and mumps. It is called the MMR vaccine. It is usually given when the child is age 12 to 15 months, and then once again between 4 years and 6. In addition, girls should have completed rubella vaccination before childbearing age.

Other ways to prevent the spread of rubella:

• Children should not attend school for seven days after the onset of rash. Always consult your child's doctor for advice.
• Children who are born with rubella are considered contagious for the first year of life.
• Ensure that all your child's contacts have been properly immunized.

Rubella in pregnancy

 

Rubella in pregnancy is a serious disease that can lead to malformation of the baby and therefore should be prevented through vaccination.

Rubella is an infectious disease caused by virus type Rubivirus , which is usually transmitted through secretions such as saliva, in intimate contact, and kissing. Usually younger individuals up to the age of young adults are the most infected, which aggravates the chances of acquiring the disease during pregnancy.

Symptoms of rubella in pregnancy

Symptoms of rubella in pregnancy are similar to those demonstrated by any individual with the disease and include:

• Headache;
• Muscle pain;
• Low-grade fever up to 38 ° C;
• Cough with phlegm;
• Joint pain;
• Swollen glands;
• Red spots on the face and the body.

Symptoms can take up to 21 days to appear, but transmission of the virus can occur from infection within 5 days after the appearance of red spots on the skin. However, in some cases rubella may not show any symptoms and so their diagnosis can only be confirmed by the presence of immunoglobulin IgM or IgG in the blood test.

Rubella in pregnancy consequences

The consequences of rubella in pregnancy can be congenital rubella, which can lead to miscarriage or fetal malformations such as:

• Deafness;
• Blindness;
• Cataracts;
• Heart problems;
• Injuries of the nervous system;
• Aneurysm;
• Mental retardation;

The risk of rubella transmission to the baby is higher in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Treatment of rubella in pregnancy

Treatment of rubella in pregnancy is to control the symptoms that women feel because there is no cure for rubella. Usually the treatment is done with antipyretic drugs and analgesics, such as acetaminophen, associated with rest and fluid intake by pregnant.

The best form of prevention is to perform the triple-viral vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella up to 28 days before becoming pregnant. You should also avoid being around people in times of disease transmission or children infected with rubella.

If the woman has not been vaccinated before pregnancy, the Ministry of Health recommends vaccination soon after pregnancy and even during breastfeeding. Thus, the woman is protected from the disease, preventing transmission to the fetus of a pregnant follows.