Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

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Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Table of Contents Introduction How Is CMV Spread? How Do I Prevent CMV Infection? How Can I Tell If I Have CMV Infection? How Do I Prevent CMV Disease? Can I Ever Stop Preventive Therapy How Can I Tell if I Have CMV Disease? How Do You Treat CMV Disease? Concerns for Pregnant Women Concerns for Children Your CD4 Cell Counts How Can I Get the Medicines to Treat CMV? What About Resistance? What Research Is Being Done on...

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cytomegalovirus/ Congenital

My friend has had a son born with CMV. It was contracted whilst in the womb and has been born with CMV and has been diagnosed as being deaf in one ear, moderate learning disabilities, delayed speech etc. Do you have any information on long term...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

Congenital CMV causes exactly the kinds of problems that have already been diagnosed in this child. Children born with CMV may excrete the virus (in urine, for example) for months to years, and so can be a source of infection to others. Since I am... Read more »

22 weeks pregnant and exposed to cytomegalovirus

I am currently 22 weeks pregnant. I am an OB nurse who took care of a patient last week whose baby was found to be positive for CMV. Prognosis is not good for the baby. I took care of this patient through her whole labor and delivery. I cared for...

Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

While CMV is one of the more common congenital infections, it is usually causes sequellae only in infants whose mothers acquire CMV infection for the first time during pregnancy. Universal precautions and good handwashing have been shown to be very... Read more »

congenital CMV

My daughter was diagnosed w/congenital CMV & has had complications since birth from hearing loss to paralysis to developmental delays & also she was low birth weight 3lbs 14 oz & still continues to be very small. Is there a possibility...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

Congenital CMV is like an opportunistic infection because fetuses and newborns have very immature immune systems, so the CMV 'takes advantage' of them. There are a range of unfortunate outcomes than can occur with congenital CMV, some of... Read more »

Cytomegalovirus only or Associated HIV infection?

Seven weeks ago, I engaged on a fellatio with a prostitute in Japan. Without wearing condoms at that time, I drove myself crazy when she suddenly spread her fingers wet of saliva on the top of my penis where an abrasion could be seen. One week...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your inquiry.First of all, if you were receiving oral sex (fellatio) with this prostitute,your risk of infection was very small. If you are receiving oral sex fromsomeone else, you are only being exposed to saliva. The concentrations... Read more »

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How INFECTED got infected

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Did a little looking around and figured it out...He must of had razor burn.........

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/TransmissionSexual/Q9183.qna

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What if INFECTED is Really Infected

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

He probably is pos but just said he was neg cause all us whinny babies started calling him a lair and accused him of creating a hoax just cause we are all crybabies. We will never know for sure.

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CMV research

Posted by JamieLEE

What is Cytomegalovirus, (CMV)?

CMV is a common virus that infects most people at some time during their lives but rarely causes obvious illness. It is a member of the herpes virus family. Other members of the herpes virus family cause chickenpox,... Read more »

READ THIS!!!!

Posted by Anonymous

Read this article about CMV infection which is very similar to hiv primary infection.
http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Cancer/Current/Q142051.html

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