Can I have a baby if I have genital herpes?

Normally, if you have gynecological diseases and male diseases and want to treat them, your spouse needs to cooperate with the treatment, so that the disease can be completely cured and the possibility of recurrence can be eliminated. Because many diseases can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, a single treatment cannot completely solve the problem. If a man has genital herpes, can he have children? Let's find out together.

1. Genital herpes has a great impact on the patient's fertility, specifically in the following aspects:

1. Impact on pregnancy

When a man has genital herpes, if the disease recurs frequently and the condition is unstable, his spouse should not become pregnant.

2. Low chance of eugenics and good parenting

Genital herpes is highly contagious. When a man has genital herpes, he can pass the virus to his wife. If his wife gets genital herpes during pregnancy, it can also affect her eugenics and may cause intrauterine infection and neonatal herpes infection, leading to miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or serious sequelae.

3. Affect fertility

Genital herpes is not hereditary. The virus has no effect on human fertility and is not transmitted to offspring through male semen or female eggs, but female patients can transmit the virus to the fetus through the placenta or during delivery.

Most newborns are infected with herpes during birth. It is difficult to see the symptoms of the virus at birth, so it is difficult to diagnose the infection of newborns. Generally, symptoms do not appear until the baby is one month old. The symptoms of newborns are mainly manifested in the following ways:

A. Central nervous system type, manifested by symptoms of intracranial infection such as increased intracranial pressure and convulsions.

B. Herpes type: herpes only appears on the skin, pharynx, eye conjunctivae, etc.

C. Systemic diffuse type, manifested by systemic toxic blood symptoms such as jaundice, hepatitis, and pneumonia.

If the above situations are not handled properly, there is a 70% mortality rate or neurological sequelae in neonatal herpes virus infection. Therefore, it is recommended that men and women of childbearing age must pay attention to actively prevent genital herpes infection. If unfortunately infected, they must be treated in time and have children after the disease stabilizes, or choose caesarean section to avoid infecting the newborn.

2. How to prevent genital herpes

1. Avoid sexual promiscuity and keep yourself clean, which can reduce most of the chances of infection.

2. It is recommended to take a shower instead of using a basin. Do not sit directly on the seat in a public bath after bathing; try to use a squat toilet in a public toilet.

3. Pay attention to hygiene, wash your vulva and change your underwear every day; do not use other people's basins and swimsuits; and wash your hands before going to the toilet.

4. When someone has genital herpes, the patient's underwear, bed sheets and utensils contaminated by the patient's secretions can be disinfected by boiling or soaking in disinfectant. During the active period of herpes, sexual intercourse is prohibited to avoid being infected by the virus. In addition, when one spouse is sick, the other should also go to the hospital for examination and treatment.

5. Women with a history of herpes simplex virus type II infection or suspected infection should not conceal their condition. This will help doctors to regularly check herpes virus for pregnant women during pregnancy and choose an appropriate delivery method. If the pregnant woman is confirmed to be ill, she should be actively treated to avoid infecting the fetus, and decide whether to continue the pregnancy based on the pregnant woman's opinion.

2. There are red spots on the face of the newborn baby

Many new mothers and fathers have no idea how to take care of their babies. Many of them learn about it from books. However, many things that are not mentioned in books may happen to babies during their growth process, which makes parents helpless. Some newborns have red spots on their faces, and parents will be very worried whether the baby has some disease. Let's learn about the reasons why babies have red spots on their faces~

1. Reasons why newborns have small red spots on their faces

Many babies will have some small red spots on their faces soon after they are born. If parents find this, there is no need to panic, as almost all newborns will have this phenomenon. These small red spots are commonly known as "milk pimples", which are a type of eczema. There are generally three reasons:

1. Family hereditary allergies

Once a family member has a history of skin allergies such as eczema and allergic dermatitis, it is easy to pass this condition on to the baby.

2. Internal diseases

Eczema may occur when the baby has parasites in the body, suffers from tonsillitis or endocrine disorders.

3. External reasons

If a breastfeeding mother eats some food that can cause allergies in the baby, such as fish and shrimp, it may cause the baby to develop eczema; when the baby has been exposed to some allergens, such as plant pollen, mold, mites, dander from small animals, etc., it may also cause eczema; climate change may also cause eczema in the baby.