COVID and the Child in the Womb

[AV1611VET]

Can a child be born with COVID?

 

[Tanj]

There's no ethical way to determine that.

 

[eleos1954]

Can a child be born with COVID?

COVID is a air borne virus.

Newborn babies can catch the virus after birth.

 

[Hans Blaster]

There's no ethical way to determine that.

A child just born to a woman with a COVID infection could (and should) be tested for the virus to see if it had been passed through the blood.

Do we have any reports of such? (I am aware of none.)

 

[AV1611VET]

Okay ... thanks.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

If it was a virus that could transmitted through bodily fluids, such as HIV, then there would be a chance, though small.

But, since, as it has been noted above, COVID is an airborne virus, no.

 

[Tanj]

A child just born to a woman with a COVID infection could (and should) be tested for the virus to see if it had been passed through the blood.

Do we have any reports of such? (I am aware of none.)

There's no "coulds and shoulds" when it comes to new borns. I for one wooud object to both a blood draw and a stick going down its nose if it were my child.

 

[AV1611VET]

If it was a virus that could transmitted through bodily fluids, such as HIV, then there would be a chance, though small.

But, since, as it has been noted above, COVID is an airborne virus, no.

Thank you.

 

[Hans Blaster]

There's no "coulds and shoulds" when it comes to new borns. I for one wooud object to both a blood draw and a stick going down its nose if it were my child.

I would think for the safety of you child you would want to know if it had been born with an infectious disease. I don't know if there is a "blood test" for COVID. (Yes there are antibody tests, but maternal antibodies can also be present, so I don't think an antibody test would inform.)

My point is that the testing of the newborn would be done for protecting the health of the newborn. If a doctor found a newborn infected in utero a report in the literature would be warranted.

 

[ironbjorn]

At the start of summer I looked up if mosquitoes would present a problem with Covid since they bite one person and then the next. I read that Covid isn't passed through the blood and if it was possible, there is so little of the virus in the blood that it wouldn't be likely.

 

[d taylor]

At the start of summer I looked up if mosquitoes would present a problem with Covid since they bite one person and then the next. I read that Covid isn't passed through the blood and if it was possible, there is so little of the virus in the blood that it wouldn't be likely.

What happened to west nile virus in ms, there has not been one mention in the news, of a person having west nile in ms. or at least the news i have seen

 

[Hans Blaster]

At the start of summer I looked up if mosquitoes would present a problem with Covid since they bite one person and then the next. I read that Covid isn't passed through the blood and if it was possible, there is so little of the virus in the blood that it wouldn't be likely.

I have heard about some symptoms of COVID involving the blood directly or to spread within the body.

As a transmission mechanism, direct blood transmission is about the least effective. Even if there is a possibility of blood transmission with COVID, it would be very rare. The maternal transmission case would seem likely to be rare if it could even happen, but that was the subject of the OP. It would seem more likely that a nursing infant would be infected by close contact with their mother and her respiratory droplets.

 

[Hank77]

A child just born to a woman with a COVID infection could (and should) be tested for the virus to see if it had been passed through the blood.

Do we have any reports of such? (I am aware of none.)

They could only be in contact with the mother's blood during the deliverly but I suppose it could be possible then through their mouth, nose, or eyes.

 

[Hank77]

My point is that the testing of the newborn would be done for protecting the health of the newborn. If a doctor found a newborn infected in utero a report in the literature would be warranted.

A baby doesn't come in contact or share the mother's blood in utero.

 

[Tanj]

I would think for the safety of you child you would want to know if it had been born with an infectious disease. I don't know if there is a "blood test" for COVID. (Yes there are antibody tests, but maternal antibodies can also be present, so I don't think an antibody test would inform.)

My point is that the testing of the newborn would be done for protecting the health of the newborn. If a doctor found a newborn infected in utero a report in the literature would be warranted.

There's no absolutes in this space, and it has to be considered with reference to the risk and the reward. There's 0 evidence that cov2 infects or causes disease in new borns. There's always risk, not to mention discomfort/pain, involved in poking them with sticks, regardless of some single patient report showing someone was even more unethical and prodded the foetus in utero.

 

[Tanj]

Regardless, perhaps we stop rambling in an ignorant vaccuum and find out what actually has been done...

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/950668/covid-19-infection-newborns.pdf

 

[Paidiske]

I can find medical reports of possible transmission in utero, with the virus crossing the placenta. "But there is “fairly convincing” evidence that the virus can be passed from a person to their fetus via the placenta, says Mullins. A small number of babies born to people with covid-19 have tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after birth, and a woman who lost her pregnancy at 22 weeks was found to have the coronavirus in her placenta."

Coronavirus may cross placenta

 

[jacks]

From Tanj's link.

There is not a lot of information about infections in newborn babies born to mothers with coronavirus (COVID-19). In cases overseas, about half the babies born to infected mothers still developed coronavirus infection, despite being separated from mothers after birth and mostly formula fed. It is not known if this was passed on from the mother whilst she was pregnant or during birth, or if the baby got the infection after it was born. We do not know whether coronavirus can be passed on via breastmilk.

 

[mmksparbud]

How COVID-19 (coronavirus) affects babies and children

Covid has been found in the placenta of mothers. Several children have been born with the virus from their mothers.