HIV-infected mother’s happy medicine has made it possible for an infected mother to give birth to a healthy baby

Nepalgunj: HIV-infected mothers are happy to have a healthy baby. With the advent of technology in medicine, it has become possible to give birth to a healthy baby from an infected mother. Infected mothers have given birth to healthy babies under the care of Bheri Hospital here.

A separate ward for such mothers has been set up in the hospital after the government implemented the HIV Prevention (PMTCT) program.

Doctors used to advise HIV-infected mothers not to have children because the baby born from the infection is not free from infection. “Lately, infected mothers have been able to give birth to healthy babies,” said Sanjay Kumar Poudel, program coordinator of the AIDS Health Care Foundation. . “Initially, I was afraid that the baby would get infected like me,” she saidA total of 510 infected women have come in contact with Bheri Hospital in the last one year. 10 of them became pregnant. One of them had a legal abortion for fear of infecting the baby. However, 9 mothers gave birth to a living child. Coordinator Poudel said that the report of 6 infants was negative. According to him, the report of three infants is yet to come. Dr. who has been advising HIV-infected mothers. Sanket Risal said that monitoring will be started after finding out that the pregnant woman is infected with HIV and treatment will be arranged accordingly.

Some infected pregnant women are still being monitored. We monitor and treat the child until it is born, ‘he said. The National AIDS and Sexual Control Department of the Government of Nepal has come up with a new strategy to protect the babies born to infected women from HIV infection. A special program for pregnant women and newborns has been started for this. Infected pregnant women are regularly given antiretroviral treatment (ART). It prevents the transmission of HIV from a pregnant woman to her baby.

According to doctors, after the birth of a child, a solution called profile lace is fed. DNA PCR is done to check the health of the baby. Babies born to infected mothers are re-examined after reaching 18 months. Infected pregnant women should be in regular contact with a physician. Doctors say that mothers who do not take regular medication are at risk of giving birth to an infected baby.Medicines are also used for infants as there is a risk of transmitting HIV while sucking the milk of an infected person. Those who go abroad for work are at greater risk of contracting HIV through unprotected sex. Those who have had unprotected sex have moved their wives back home.

According to doctors, HIV transmission through unprotected sex is transmitted directly from a pregnant mother to her newborn baby. However, the risk has increased as very few people have been diagnosed with the infection and are seeking treatment. Some hide their illness because of the fear of social exclusion.