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One pregnant woman diagnosed with Zika and dengue






The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador. Photo: AFP

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By Kenneth Cheng


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Published: 8:10 PM, September 2, 2016
Updated: 8:34 PM, September 2, 2016
SINGAPORE — A pregnant woman has been diagnosed with dengue and Zika. The 24-year-old entrepreneur received her Zika test result on Thursday (Sept 1) afternoon, and it is not clear if she is one of the two Zika-infected pregnant women that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced so far.
When contacted by TODAY, MOH said it “would not disclose any information relating to patients”.
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Mary (not her real name) is six months’ pregnant with her second child. She told TODAY that on Tuesday, she had developed dengue-like symptoms — fever and joint ache — and visited a nearby general practitioner in Bedok South.
She was referred to Changi General Hospital (CGH), where she tested positive for dengue. Even though the doctors said it was unlikely that she has Zika, they tested for it too.
On Thursday afternoon, her urine test came out positive for Zika.
Mary said: “The doctor at CGH broke the news to (my husband and me) together, very slowly, and he was quite sensitive about it.
“I broke down for a while, but my husband helped.”
She was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in the evening for further checks. As the viral count in her second urine sample had “gone down”, she was told that she was no longer infectious, and discharged the same evening.
The doctor told her she had probably caught the virus a week ago.
She said that tests showed that her baby was fine for now, but four weeks later, she would have to go for another follow-up check-up to see if there are signs of her baby “not growing normally”.
But the second-time mum also told TODAY that she intended to follow through with her pregnancy.
“No matter what, we’re still going to go through with everything,” said Mary, adding that the odds of her baby developing birth defects was not very high and “it’s not that it’s confirmed”.
Although she has been diagnosed with Zika, her family members have not been offered testing for Zika.
Her two-year-old son, however, has been running a fever which subsided after taking paracetamol. She said she would take him to the doctor’s if his fever spikes again.
Zika infections during pregnancy have been linked to microcephaly, where a baby is born with an abnormally small brain and skull. Amniotic fluid testing can be done to screen for the virus, which is spread by the Aedes mosquito, but the MOH previously said that a positive test did not mean a baby would be born with defects.
As of noon on Friday, the number of locally transmitted Zika cases here, including look-back ones — those previously reported to have shown symptoms, but were not tested, stands at 189.
Recounting the past week’s events to TODAY, Mary said that her Zika diagnosis was rather “unexpected”. She had taken precautions, such as dousing herself and her son in mosquito repellent, for the past few weeks.
Asked about her plans, she said: “There’s not much I can really do right now besides buying all this stuff off shelves, and staying indoors.”

 

[dr.wailing]

If she'd been infected with dengue only, her symptoms would've been much worse. Her infection with Zika helped to make the dengue infection milder.

 

[red amoeba]

A credit to FTs to weed out the inferiors amongst us by another mean - Zika.

 

[scroobal]

Pregnant with dengue and Zika

I think we really need to batten down the hatches.

- She is 24 and pregnant, ended with both
- She has not gone to any of the areas that are known as clusters and her results came in on Aug 30.
- in view of new university research showing evidence of the virus entering the brains of adults both and female, we all have to be cautious.
- Best to stay indoors if possible, avoid crowds etc until this thing blows over


http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/one-pregnant-woman-diagnosed-zika-and-dengueMum-to-be who tested positive for Zika also has dengue

BY
KENNETH CHENG
[email protected]ISHED: 8:10 PM, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016UPDATED: 12:50 AM, SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
SINGAPORE — A pregnant woman diagnosed with Zika infection in Singapore tested positive for dengue too — unheard of here until now.

Mary (not her real name), 24, who lives in Sennett Avenue, feared the worst when she went to a general practitioner in Bedok South on Tuesday (Aug 30) night with fever and joint ache.

The entrepreneur, who is six months pregnant with her second child, was referred to Changi General Hospital (CGH), where she tested positive for dengue and was warded.

Although doctors said it was unlikely that she had Zika, they gave her a blood and urine test nonetheless. The urine test results came back at 2pm on Thursday, and she tested positive.

Speaking to TODAY over the phone on Friday, Mary said: “The doctor at CGH broke the news to (my husband and me) together very slowly, and he was quite sensitive about it. “I broke down for a while, but my husband helped.” That evening, she was taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) for further checks. As the viral count in her second urine sample had “gone down”, she was told that she had probably caught the virus about a week ago and was no longer infectious. She was discharged that same night.

So far, the authorities have announced that there have been two pregnant women diagnosed with Zika here, with both linked to the Aljunied Crescent-Sims Drive cluster.

Mary, however, neither works there nor has relatives living in those areas. She added that she has not been to that area recently.

When asked, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it would not disclose any information relating to patients.

Zika infections during pregnancy have been linked to microcephaly, where a baby is born with an abnormally small brain and skull. Amniotic fluid testing can be done to screen for the Zika virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito — also responsible for transmitting dengue — but the MOH previously said that a positive test did not mean a baby would be born with defects.

Mary said that tests so far showed her baby was fine, but in four weeks, she would have to go for another check-up to see if there are signs of her baby “not growing normally”.

She underwent a baseline scan at KKH on Friday, but said she would probably see her private gynaecologist for a follow-up.

Regardless, Mary said she intended to follow through with her pregnancy. “No matter what, we’re still going to go through with everything,” she said, noting that the overall risk levels of microcephaly in foetuses of infected expectant women was low — between 1 and 13 per cent. "We will keep monitoring to keep a close watch and pray for the best.”

Recounting what she had gone through over the past few days, Mary said she was puzzled by her “unexpected” diagnosis for Zika.

She had a fever last week, but because she also had diarrhoea, she had attributed that bout to food poisoning.

For the past few weeks, she has taken precautions such as using mosquito repellent. “I always (douse) my son in mosquito repellent ... I did the same for me for the past few weeks,” she said. Her father and two-year-old son had also come down with fever, but have not gone for further tests.

Her son’s fever has subsided after taking paracetamol, but Mary said she would take him to the doctor if his temperature spikes again. Asked about the support her family had given her so far, she said they knew “nobody can do anything right now”.

She has not considered shifting to an unaffected area, but would continue taking precautions such as using mosquito patches and repellent. “There’s not much I can really do right now besides buying all this stuff off (the) shelves (and) staying indoors,” she added.

 

[borom]

Re: Pregnant with dengue and Zika

Anecdotal evidence shoes that most women vote for the pappies, due to amongst other things ,the Women's Charter and don't need to serve NS.
If enough women get the Zika and worst still their babies get Microcephaly, will there be a swing of votes ?
Do these women accept their argument that most mosquito breeding sites are found in homes-so mainly residents are at fault and not construction sites,common areas ect2.NEA totally not at fault?

When there are NO mosquito BREEDING IN CONSTUCTION SITES then their argument holds water.
Will the 70% even understand. Will their fear of lower pigeon hole prices finally happen as foreign "talents" avoid this place?

 

[gongkia]

Re: Pregnant with dengue and Zika

I recommend her to see Rony Tan before Sam does.