Dreadful Impact of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Neonatal Outcomes

Abstract

It has been observed that the effect of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has a major effect during pregnancy period and neonatal outcomes. Pregnancy is the process which involves series of changes in woman’s organ and tissues. It is the most sensitive and crucial phase of woman’s life which results in a birth of baby. There can be a possibility that an infant (new-born) may also get affected by the infectious viruses. So, it's mandatory to take proper measures, in case felt suspected to any of the symptoms During this phase, woman is prone to many infections and diseases respectively. Even the baby born are vulnerable to many dangerous diseases. Pregnant woman and baby both are highly vulnerable to novel corona virus disease. Studies done so far have confirmed that Isolation and uncertainty imposed by pandemic lead to an increase in depression and anxiety coupled with emotional eating which intensified the gestational weight gain. Many options of treatment have been ruled out for COVID-19, some of them has shown good results, these are shortening the duration of hospital stays, but still there is no complete treatment for the same. As per different guidelines, an advisory is made on carrying skin contact and breastfeeding, in case the mother is COVID-19 positive then she should carry out proper precautions such as hand hygiene and ideally must wear mask while feeding where there will be no requirement of neonatal care unit. This article analyses about several harmful impacts of COVID on pregnant ladies, new-borns. Various precautions, treatments to be done to treat the infected ones.