0
What food-borne infections can be transmitted from mother to fetus?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
The food-borne bacterial infections listeriosis--caused by Listeria monocytogenes --and salmonellosis or food poisoning--caused by Salmonella bacteria--can be transmitted to a fetus.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What prevents the majority infections from spreading from mother to fetus?
Antibodies in the maternal blood prevent most infections from being transmitted to the fetus.
What is the most common infection that can be transmitted from mother to fetus?
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common infection that can be transmitted to a fetus.
How are maternal to fetal infections passed?
Maternal to fetal infections are transmitted from the mother to her fetus, either across the placenta during fetal development (prenatal) or during labor and passage through the birth canal (perinatal).
What are the complications that may follow premature rupture of membranes?
Premature labor and delivery of the fetus, infections of the mother and/or the fetus (amnionitis and endometritis), and compression of the umbilical cord (leading to oxygen deprivation in the fetus).
What Structure pushes fetus out of the mother?
The structure that pushes the fetus out of the mother is called the uterus.
Can a fetus survive when mother is a and fetus is b blood group?
Yes, there is no danger to the fetus is the mother is type A and baby is type B
Is folic acid found in a higher concentration in fetus than mother?
A fetus gets all of it's nutrition from their mother. The mother has all of the nutrients and passes them along to the fetus.
What is the function of the placental?
it is the interface between the fetus and the mother's blood supply it acts like a filter - supplying nutrients to the fetus and disposing of waste material from the fetus to the mother all of this without actually mixing the blood of the fetus and the mother
Toxins can enter the fetus by?
blood flow from the mother to the fetus
What passes from the uterus to the mother?
The uterus is an organ and thus part of the mother. Did you mean from the fetus to the mother? If so, the umbilical cord goes from the fetus to the mother
Does the nutrition of the mother affect the fetus?
Yes. The fetus can't decide what to eat or drink, it gets everything from the mother. If the mother gets what she needs, then the fetus can get what it needs. If the mother is eating junk, then the fetus is getting junk. If the mother does drugs, some of those are passed on to the fetus as well. Sometimes, babies born by addicted mothers have to go straight to rehab to cure them of their addicitions.
Does the nutrition of the mother affects the fetus?
Yes. The fetus can't decide what to eat or drink, it gets everything from the mother. If the mother gets what she needs, then the fetus can get what it needs. If the mother is eating junk, then the fetus is getting junk. If the mother does drugs, some of those are passed on to the fetus as well. Sometimes, babies born by addicted mothers have to go straight to rehab to cure them of their addicitions.
