He cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a congenital infection of the herpes virus family that does not usually cause symptoms or dangers, many people who suffer from it do not even know it. It is common to find it in children, as we say, without causing problems, where the risk really lies is when a pregnant woman gets the infection and can transmit the virus to the baby causing serious pathologies, disabilities and even worse consequences such as death.
A study published in BMC Infectious Diseases shows that CMV is one of the infections that frequently affect pregnancy, they estimate that in the United States, 27,000 pregnant women are infected every year, affecting to a greater extent black women followed by Mexican women and white non-Hispanic.
To prevent this infection during pregnancy, it is advisable to maintain adequate hygiene whenever it comes into contact with saliva or urine of young children, wash their hands whenever their toys are collected, diapers, handkerchiefs, etc. are changed. It is also convenient not to share with the children glasses, cutlery or any utensil that may have come into contact with their saliva, since it is the means of contagion. So is blood, urine, semen or breast milk.
In case of working with children, if you want to get pregnant, it is advisable to first perform the test to check if you have CMV and if you have already had the infection before pregnancy, the defenses are already prepared to protect again if a New exposure to risk. But it never hurts to consult the specialist.
