Zika in the news

Mosquitoes and Zika are much in the news-- until now it was an issue of ' should I travel to the Carribean ' …however now the mosquito carrying the Zika virus is in a large neighborhood of Miami.              The illness can be a prolonged one in both kids& adults, however80% of those infected do not experience any symptoms.  Usually it ' s a flu-like illness that resolves in a few days.Pregnant women are at the greatest risk.   Those infected have afairchance of passing the virus to their unborn child.   Babies are born with microcephaly causing unusually small heads and poorbraindevelopment.  They can suffer a variety of health problems such as mental retardation, speech, growth and motor delays,  deafness,blindness and seizures.   The earliest that microcephaly has been detected in a fetus is mid to late into the second trimester of pregnancy but is more likely to be discovered in the third trimester.The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control recommend that women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant delay travel to the areas that have the Zika carrying mosquito.  The travel alert now extends to Miami.One fact often not discussed--men who are infected can carry the virus for an undetermined length of time--and can still infect their partner when the man isn ' t symptomatic. Therefore, we don ' t recommend travel to the...
Source: Pediatric Health Associates - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Healthy Habits Vaccination Information Source Type: news