As we have already commented on our pages, pregnant women are at a higher risk of contracting influenza A, since, as WHO warns, they are more vulnerable to infections and complications from them. In Spain, as in many other countries, especially in the southern hemisphere, the number of people affected by swine flu increases, and in this case we talk about A 6-week pregnant woman who has had an abortion.
The woman, a 30-year-old Guipuzcoan, was admitted since last week at the Donostia Hospital in San Sebastián (Spain) suffering from influenza A. The doctors already warned her when she admitted that treatment to fight influenza A could interrupt her pregnancy .
The causes that have finally made him lose the fetus are unknown, although they are probably due to the medication administered, the stress that the woman has been subjected to or the confluence of several factors.
Fortunately, the woman evolves favorably of the picture of pneumonia and respiratory difficulties for which he entered, and is no longer in the ICU. We are sure that the loss is always painful, but we hope that the psychological recovery of the family will also be favorable.
Meanwhile, we will have to follow the same preventive measures We commented when talking about the risk of influenza in children, other vulnerable groups, and before any symptoms go to the health center or call the telephone number that each autonomous community establishes for it or the emergency telephone numbers (061 or 112). The phone number of the Ministry of Health for citizen information on this subject is 901400100.
