10 Herpes Symptoms in Women
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Managing Herpes During Pregnancy
Oral antiviral medications may be used to manage herpes in pregnant women. One serious concern of genital herpes in pregnant women is the baby potentially becoming infected during vaginal delivery. In infants, genital herpes may cause severe health problems.
Doctors perform cesarean delivery for women who go into labor while they have an active genital herpes outbreak to prevent transmission of the virus to the baby during birth. If a pregnant woman takes oral antivirals early enough, they may have a safe vaginal delivery.
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