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    Congenital syphilis can be prevented through early recognition and treatment of the disease in expecting couples during pregnancy and delivery. Some babies are born with symptoms of syphilis like skin lesions on the hands/feet or hoarse crying at 4 weeks. These babies require intramuscular injections of penicillin over 10 days. If the baby has contagious lesions, barrier nursing is needed until 48 hours of antibiotics. Treatment of the baby requires prolonged follow up and testing of the parents for persistent infection. About 30% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers may be infected with HIV depending on the severity of the mother's infection. While there is no cure for HIV, combination antiretroviral drug therapy can suppress

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    Congenital syphilis can be prevented through early recognition and treatment of the disease in expecting couples during pregnancy and delivery. Some babies are born with symptoms of syphilis like skin lesions on the hands/feet or hoarse crying at 4 weeks. These babies require intramuscular injections of penicillin over 10 days. If the baby has contagious lesions, barrier nursing is needed until 48 hours of antibiotics. Treatment of the baby requires prolonged follow up and testing of the parents for persistent infection. About 30% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers may be infected with HIV depending on the severity of the mother's infection. While there is no cure for HIV, combination antiretroviral drug therapy can suppress

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    Congenital syphilis can be prevented through early recognition and treatment of the disease in expecting couples during pregnancy and delivery. Some babies are born with symptoms of syphilis like skin lesions on the hands/feet or hoarse crying at 4 weeks. These babies require intramuscular injections of penicillin over 10 days. If the baby has contagious lesions, barrier nursing is needed until 48 hours of antibiotics. Treatment of the baby requires prolonged follow up and testing of the parents for persistent infection. About 30% of babies born to HIV-positive mothers may be infected with HIV depending on the severity of the mother's infection. While there is no cure for HIV, combination antiretroviral drug therapy can suppress

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    CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

    Congenital syphilis and gonorrhea can be prevented by early recognition of these diseases
    among the couples and their treatment and by observing clean and safe delivery practices
    during and after.

    Some babies are born with syphilis. The skin lesion of the palm of the hand, and sole of the
    feet at birth are suspicious and snuffles at about four weeks. The cry become hoarse fissures
    at the center of the lips, the angles of the mouth and around the anus, sore buttock and saddle
    nose at about 12 months.

    TREATMENT

     Early recognition of maternal condition.


     Treatment in early pregnancy.
     The baby may be very ill. Intramuscular procain penciliiin 50,000. IU per kg body
    weight is given in divided dose over 10 days.
     In the presence of contagious lesions the baby must be barrier nursed until antibiotics
    have been given for 48 hours
     Follow up is prolonged and parents will need investigation for persistent infection

    HIV/AIDS
    New born may also be infected with HIV if the mother is HIV positive. About 30 %
    babies born to HIV positive mothers get infected with HIV. The risk transmission
    depends upon the sevearity of infection in mother. The possibility of transmission of
    infection through breast milk is also there.
    TREATMENT
    There is no specific treatment for HIV infection or for the immunodeficiency caused
    by it. Currently available therapy neither eradicate the virus nor offer the definite
    cure.it can only supprss viral replication and modify course of the disease a
    combination of anti retroviral drugs is preferred to monotherapy. Early specific
    diagnosis and aggressive antimicrobial treatment of intercurrent infection prolong the
    life of the affected child
    ANTIVIRAL DRUGS
     Nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors(NRTIs),
    zidovudine(AZT), didanosine (ddi), zalcitabine(ddc), lamivudine(3TC),
    stavudine (d4T), abacavir (ABC)
     Non – nucleoside analogue RTIS(NNRTIs): nevirapine (NVP),
    delaviridine(DLU),efavirenz(EFV).
     Protease inhibitors (PI): ritonavior (RTV),indinavir,saquinavir (SQV),
    nelfinavir (NFV), amprenavir(APV), lopinavir

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