PREGNANCY DAYS For most pregnant women, carrying a baby to term is largely a mysterious process. This section helps new parents answer some of the most important questions about pregnancy and childbirth.

TORCH Infection - (Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes) 

• What are TORCH infections?
• What is toxoplasmosis
• Effect of toxoplasmosis on pregnancy
• Effect of toxoplasmosis on the baby
• How is it diagnosed ?
• How can it be prevented?
• Is toxoplasmosis treatable?
• What is the effect of syphilis on pregnancy and baby?
• Is syphilis treatable?
• What is the effect of rubella on pregnancy?
• How does rubella affect my baby?
• How can rubella be diagnosed and prevented?
• Is rubella treatable?
• What is the effect of cytomeghalovirus infection in pregnancy and in my baby?
• What is the effect of herpes infection in pregnancy and the fetus?
• Is herpes treatable?

What are these infections?

These are group of infections which can happen to anybody but is so named only when the pregnant mother and the fetus are affected by it.

• It generally causes infection in the first time. In the latter pregnancies mother is immunized for it.
• Severity of infection in mother is not related to the severity of the infection in the fetus.
• The earlier the mother is infected in pregnancy, more the severity of infection in the fetus.
• The manifestations in the fetus are almost the same in all these infections, and so the scan can pick it up if done at the right time.
  

1. TOXOPLASMOSIS Infection
2. RUBELLA Infection
3. CYTOMEGALOVIRUS Infection
4. HERPES Infection
5. SYPHIIS Infection