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HIV in pregnancy is a condition where the mother is already infected with HIV before becoming pregnant. It can be associated with a high risk of passing HIV to the baby, but this may be avoided by using antiretroviral drug therapy and formula feeding.

Dr. Kat Kat reviewed this

34 years experience

Is a type of:

Pregnancy complications • Immunodeficiency syndromes • Viral infections

How long it usually lasts:

Medium-term (lasts weeks to months)

How common it is:

Rare

Body locations

Baby / fetus

Symptoms

Malaise
Fever
Shortness of breath
Swollen glands
Unintentional weight loss

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating HIV/AIDS during pregnancy
Zidovudine
2
1 review
HIV medications

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating HIV/AIDS during pregnancy

Surgery

Csection

Tests

HIV 1 DNA
HIV 1 RNA
Cd4

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