coxsackie 16

i wish to know the risk of pregnancy difficulty or fetal risk from contacting hand/foot/mouth in the first trimester-thank you for your time

[Angel4JohnnyB]

There is debate as to any congenital disorders related to Coxsackie viral infections and pregnancy. Pregnant women should consult their obstetrician for further information.


Infection in the first trimester MAY lead to spontaneous abortion or intrauterine growth retardation.

Hope this helps

[Theosmum]

at 39+3 weeks pregnant I had an acute gastroenteritis. at 40+2 weeks delivered healthy baby boy apgar 9.from
day 1 baby making grunty sounds, cold feet.
day 3 no femoral pulse felt at paediatric check
day 5 for guthrie heel ***** test, poor bleeding and cold cold feet in spite of midsummer weather. lethargic, suspected fever but difficult to tell with hot weather.
day 6-7 very poor breast feeding, deep long sleeping pattern, panicking mother! falling asleep at the breast with very little feed.
day 8 admitted to hospital with suspected heart failure,
day 9 emergency admission to PICU and intubated.
day 11 enterovirus cultured from lumbar fluid and bloods. Baby has diagnosed enteroviral myocarditis resulting in dilated cardiomyopathy. He has survived without ECMO, and will hopefully survive to heart transplant and is now 10 weeks old.

What is the possibility of intrauterine infection? My blood tested 13 days after I had infection, negative reaction.
No viral culture has been grown to identify which enterovirus it is, only an RNA test confirmed that it IS an enterovirus.