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Advice on diet and lifestyle is recommended to prevent and relieve heartburn in pregnancy. Antacid preparations can be offered to women with troublesome symptoms that are not relieved by lifestyle ...
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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Recommended) Remarks • Lifestyle advice to prevent and relieve symptoms of heartburn includes avoidance of large, fatty meals and alcohol, cessation of smoking, and raising the head of the bed to sleep. • The GDG agreed that antacids, such as magnesium carbonate and aluminium hydroxide preparations, are probably unlikely to cause harm in recommended dosages. • There is no evidence that preparations containing more than one antacid are better than simpler preparations. • Antacids may ...
ver más ... 2019Ginger, chamomile, vitamin B6 and/or acupuncture are recommended for the relief of nausea in early pregnancy, based on a woman’s preferences and available options.
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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Recommended) Remarks • In the absence of stronger evidence, the GDG agreed that these non-pharmacological options are unlikely to have harmful effects on mother and baby. • Women should be informed that symptoms of nausea and vomiting usually resolve in the second half of pregnancy. • Pharmacological treatments for nausea and vomiting, such as doxylamine and metoclopramide, should be reserved for those pregnant women experiencing distressing symptoms that are not relieved by ...
ver más ... 2019Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) should be offered as an additional prevention choice for pregnant women at substantial risk of HIV infection as ...
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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Context-specific recommendation) Remarks • This recommendation has been integrated from the WHO guideline on when to start antiretroviral therapy and on pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (2015), where it is considered to be a strong recommendation based on high-quality evidence. The evidence and further guidance related to the recommendation can be found in this guideline. • “Substantial risk” is provisionally defined as HIV incidence greater than 3 per 100 person-years in the absence ...
ver más ... 2019In malaria-endemic areas in Africa, intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is recommended for all pregnant women. Dosing should start in the second trimester, and ...
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Context-specific recommendation) Remarks • This recommendation has been integrated from the WHO Guidelines for the treatment of malaria (2015), where it is considered to be a strong recommendation based on high-quality evidence. • Malaria infection during pregnancy is a major public health problem, with substantial risks for the mother, her fetus and the newborn. WHO recommends a package of interventions for preventing and controlling malaria during pregnancy, which includes promotion and ...
ver más ... 2019Tetanus toxoid vaccination is recommended for all pregnant women, depending on previous tetanus vaccination exposure, to prevent neonatal mortality from tetanus.
WHO recommendations
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
(Recommended) Remarks • This recommendation is consistent with recommendations from the 2006 WHO guideline on Maternal immunization against tetanus. The GDG endorses the 2006 guideline approach, which recommends the following: –– If a pregnant woman has not previously been vaccinated, or if her immunization status is unknown, she should receive two doses of a tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine (TT-CV) one month apart with the second dose given at least two weeks before delivery. Two doses ...
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