Covid-19 does not appear to harm the brain development of babies born to mothers who had mild or moderate infections, according to a new unpublished study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America on Tuesday (30).
The researchers performed MRI images to examine brain development in the fetuses of 33 patients at approximately 28 weeks of pregnancy. There was no indication that the infection, contracted around the 18th week of pregnancy, affected fetal brain development.
Mothers with more severe infections were not included in the study.
“Since the impact of severe infection on fetal brain development has not been conclusively determined, active protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy remains important,” said study co-author Sophia Stöcklein, professor from the Department of Radiology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
Sophia added that she hopes people who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant will be vaccinated.
“Therefore, despite the encouraging results of our study, pregnant women should strongly consider vaccination,” he said.
Pregnant women have compromised immune systems and are at high risk for serious complications with Covid-19, including miscarriage.
Covid-19 can also pose serious problems for both mother and child. Another study published Tuesday in PLoS Medicine showed that people who were pregnant and tested positive for Covid-19 had a higher number of deaths, premature or induced birth, fetal distress, pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, bleeding before or after birth. birth and need for cesarean. They were also admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) much more often.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
