2024-06-19 23:40:35
(ANSA) – ROME, JUNE 19 – The being pregnant of a lady with HIV is a doable and secure path, with a danger of transmission of the virus now near zero, within the case of appropriate administration of the remedy and utility of all of the indications for pregnant ladies. This is among the most concrete outcomes of the scientific achievements of current years and of latest therapies.
This was made identified by the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Ailments (Simit) on the event of the sixteenth version of Icar (Italian Convention on Aids and Antiviral Analysis) held in Rome from 19 to 21 June.
“Earlier than antiretroviral remedy, the chance of HIV transmission from mom to fetus was 25%, whereas immediately, in those that repeatedly take remedy and have a suppressed viral load, it’s nearly zero”, underlines Cristina Mussini, vice chairman of Simit .
“The remedy is efficient, properly tolerated by the girl, not dangerous to the fetus and may accompany the affected person in all of the physiological modifications that happen throughout being pregnant. It’s not needed for a lady with HIV to essentially resort to synthetic insemination; it turns into doable even a pure start. The controversy round breastfeeding stays open, additionally as a result of sure knowledge are missing. In any case, the outcome achieved represents an epochal change and an extra normalization of HIV an infection”, he provides.
Commonly following the remedy also can remove the chance of transmitting HIV to the unborn baby: “Antiretroviral remedy reduces the chance that the pregnant girl transmits HIV to the kid. The chance of transmission within the mother-child couple is near zero: being pregnant of a lady with HIV will be outlined as secure. The important situation is of course that the mom follows the remedy repeatedly”, explains Lucia Taramasso, infectious illness specialist on the San Martino Polyclinic in Genoa.
Breastfeeding stays one of many factors on which the talk stays open. “Present worldwide tips inform us that the usage of synthetic milk eliminates the chance of postnatal transmission of HIV to the new child. In case of breastfeeding, the achievement and upkeep of virological suppression throughout being pregnant and postpartum they scale back the chance of transmission to lower than 1%, however to not zero. The issue in managing breastfeeding is dependent upon the dearth of dependable knowledge in such a fragile part of life”, underlines Taramasso.
Lastly, it stays important to take care of excessive consideration on HIV, on condition that, as Mussini says, “immediately in Italy there are roughly 134 thousand folks dwelling with HIV”. (HANDLE).
2024-06-19 23:40:35