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Q: Rubella infection treatment
asked by: DoctorQuestion on February 16th, 2008
I have rubella IgG - 3.9 on 12.02.07 test report. In my last child due to this problem occurs in heart and we have to do Open heart surgery to avoid pulmonary Stenosis. Please guide us the treatment/vaccinee for the same so that during next IgG will be down to below1.0. Our area gynacs have not any ideas for the medicines of the IgG.


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on February 25th, 2008
Pregnancy Answer A3730
It seems from your test results that the antibodies (IgG) against the Rubella virus didn’t damage the foetus - the virus itself did that. Antibodies in fact, protect the body. Antibodies against viral infections are usually detected a few weeks after an infection. You probably had a case of Rubella during the first pregnancy which generated the creation of IgG-antibodies. Antibodies persist in your body’s blood for a long time ...even after infection is cured. During the second pregnancy, the presence of IgG-antibodies does not indicate a rubella infection but immunity against the infection. It seems that you don’t need any treatment because you became resistant to the rubella-virus during your first exposure to the infection.




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