Open AccessPregnancy and Covid-19: Some Thing to Worry About?
Author(s) -
Samreen Iqbal,
Muhammad Majid Ali Jafri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of bahria university medical and dental college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9482
pISSN - 2220-7562
DOI - 10.51985/jbumdc2020044
Subject(s) - pregnancy , pandemic , worry , covid-19 , anxiety , outbreak , disease , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , coronavirus , medicine , population , virology , psychiatry , environmental health , biology , genetics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Pregnancy is a special time, full of excitement and anticipation, but for expectant mothers facing the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), fear, anxiety and uncertainty are clouding this otherwise happy time. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to the deadliest pandemic observed in more than a 100 years.1 Around 131 million women give birth annually. This population is particularly vulnerable to emerging infectious pathogens due to alterations in immune, respiratory, and cardiovascular physiology that occurs during pregnancy