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  2. Postpartum infections - Wikipedia

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    In the early 19th century, Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women giving birth at home had a much lower incidence of childbed fever than those giving birth in a maternity ward. His investigation discovered that washing hands before a delivery with a calcium hypochlorite solution reduced childbed fever fatalities by 90%. [29]

  3. Historical mortality rates of puerperal fever - Wikipedia

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    Vienna General Hospital in 1784. Semmelweis worked at the maternity clinic. Copper engraving by Josef & Peter Schafer. Historically, puerperal fever was a devastating disease. It affected women within the first three days after childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severe abdominal pain, fever and debility.

  4. Neonatal infection - Wikipedia

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    Neonatal infections may be contracted by mother to child transmission, in the birth canal during childbirth, or after birth. [2] Neonatal infections may present soon after delivery, or take several weeks to show symptoms. Some neonatal infections such as HIV, hepatitis B, and malaria do not become apparent until

  5. Complications of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Knowing the long-term impacts on the mother and the baby after giving birth is essential. Continuous research and evidence-based approaches help in providing management that works. Collaboration between healthcare providers and patients is the core of the outcomes of placenta abruption.

  6. Postpartum disorder - Wikipedia

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    A postpartum disorder or puerperal disorder is a disease or condition which presents primarily during the days and weeks after childbirth called the postpartum period.The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages: the initial or acute phase, 6–12 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can ...

  7. They gave birth a week ago. They're already back in the ... - AOL

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    Kim Caldwell was back coaching basketball a week after having her baby. Brittany Mahomes returned to the sidelines six days after giving birth. Experts say the postpartum experience can look ...

  8. Sex can be painful for weeks after giving birth. Why don’t ...

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    The first time Hannah Levine (who did not want to use her real name) tried having sex after giving birth, “the pain was immediate,” she says. Levine was taken by surprise. “No one warned me ...

  9. Days after giving birth, mom, 27, had neck and chest pain. It ...

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    Days after giving birth, mom, 27, had neck and chest pain. It was 1st sign of aortic dissection. Meghan Holohan. July 18, 2024 at 9:41 PM.