Schoenmakers calls that an incredible amount. “There is no other infectious disease that causes so much death in unborn babies in such a short period of time in our region.” The Dutch Association for Obstetrics and Gynecology (NVOG) says in a response to advise all pregnant women to be vaccinated.
inflammation
Schoenmakers and his colleagues conducted an analysis of stillbirths for which no explanation was initially found.
At the beginning of this year, they examined the placentas of 36 women who contracted corona during the first wave. Five placentas were full of inflammatory cells and damaged, the newspaper writes. This disrupted the supply of nutrients and oxygen from mother to child. The virus was found in four of the five placentas.
Minor complaints
The pregnant women often only had minor complaints due to the coronavirus, such as a runny nose. Some didn’t even know they had corona; it was then detected with an antibody test.
Schoenmakers emphasizes in the newspaper that more research is needed. “It now appears that when the coronavirus enters the bloodstream from the lungs, an infection in the placenta can occur.”
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