The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published recent research. As per the study from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, expectant mothers hospitalized with COVID-19 had better recuperation rates following having their infants early.
During May and July of 2020, scientists looked at information from 61 future pregnancies who are hospitalized with COVID-19. Twenty-one of the 61 females gave birth while they were hospitalized for COVID-19.
Delivery Helps Hospitalized Pregnant Women Recover, Shows Research
They discovered so after childbirth; females who suffered abrupt pulmonary stress syndromes (ARDS) as a result of the virus had improved lung function.
Those females who got infected with coronavirus and are pregnant were difficult to handle as they had to face a different phase of health in their whole life. The medical support was much needed for the kids to be born and expectant mothers with both issues and keep them safe which was nothing less than a tough challenge.
However, the research has stated that once the delivery of the baby is done even if it is a premature delivery, the recovery rate of concerned females fasts and helps her get normal soon.
Numerous COVID-19 vaccinations have indeed been developed after the research and had proven to be successful in reducing severe disease, hospitalization, and mortality from COVID-19. Pineles believes that expectant females will think about vaccinating.
“We know that there are more considerations with pregnant patients who have COVID-19 because we have to consider the fetus and timing of delivery,” said Beth Pineles, MD, Ph.D., a maternal-fetal medicine fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and first author of the study. “Now we know that if the mother is critically ill, delivery improves her recovery.”
ARDS is a potentially fatal pulmonary injury in which fluid leaks into the airways, making inflammation of the airways. The onset of ARDS as a consequence of COVID-19 could be rapid.
“There is not a lot of information about ARDS and delivery, but physicians have speculated that delivery may improve lung function and now we have data to show it.
As time goes on, some of these pregnant women who contract COVID-19 end up hospitalized and they either get better, or they succumb to this virus,” she said.
Owing to the additional strain from the huge uterine, expectant mothers have less elasticity and a lesser reservoir of oxygen in their lungs than non-pregnant women, as per Pineles. This renders supplying patients with sufficient oxygen more challenging than it is for non-pregnant people, and it can be exacerbated if individuals get ARDS as a result of COVID-19.
“We have a vaccine that is safe and effective for pregnant women. Researchers are doing their best to develop treatment options for these patients, improve their health, and now we have evidence to improve delivery options.
The vaccine is extremely effective at preventing hospitalization and death. If you have any hesitancy, data shows there is nothing to worry about—it is safe. If you are pregnant and unwilling to get the vaccine, please continue practicing masking and social distancing. You do not want to end up hospitalized because of this virus and risk your life and the life of your unborn child,” Pineles said.
Baha M. Sibai, MD, Angela Stephens, MD, Christopher Leidlein, MD, and Hector Mendez-Figueroa, MD, all of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at McGovern Medical School, and Claudia Pedroza, Ph.D., of the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-based medicine, are among the other authors. Leena M. Narendran, MBBS, and Alyssa Tigner, BS, are two more Memorial Hermann Health System contributors.
