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HOW CAN I PROTECT MYSELF AND MY UNBORN BABY? If you are not already pregnant, find out your CMV status prior to getting pregnant. If your blood test indicates that you have never had CMV, discuss the risks with your doctor, and closely follow CDC guidelines for taking extra hygienic precautions while you are pregnant. See: www.cdc.gov/cmv Remember, this includes care in handling bodily fluids of children 6 years of age or younger - including your own children - as in changing diapers (wear disposable gloves), not sharing utensils or drinking glasses with them, and avoiding kissing any children on the mouth or cheek. Instead, kiss them on the top of their head and give them a big hug! Wash your hands often and well (at least 20 seconds) with soap and water, especially after contact with saliva or after changing diapers of young children. If you work with young children and have never been infected with CMV or you don’t know your status, if possible you may want to consider changing to working with older children. At the very least, follow the CDC guidelines for extra hygienic precautions. IS THERE A TEST TO FIND OUT MY CMV STATUS? Yes. A simple blood test can determine if a woman has already had a CMV infection and therefore would be carrying antibodies which provide some level of immunity against further infections. All women should be tested prior to pregnancy to determine their CMV status. And while good hygiene and taking extra precautions while pregnant is currently still the best way to protect your unborn baby, if you find out your CMV status and know it is negative, you can make some lifestyle changes during your pregnancy that could help prevent you from contracting the virus. For example, if through testing you find out you are seronegative to CMV, meaning never having had a CMV infection and therefore there is a greater risk of your unborn baby being born with congenital CMV, and you are working in a high risk environment, you can make decisions based on the information you have gained by testing for your CMV status. Such as, if you are negative to CMV and you are pregnant and working in a daycare or with preschool-aged children, you are in a high risk environment for contracting the infection and could consider changing jobs for the duration of your pregnancy. Or, if you have a child under the age of 6, you would want to follow the CDC recommendations and not kiss your child on or near the mouth or cheek, not share any glasses or utensils, and be extra cautious to not be exposed to his/her bodily fluids for the duration of your pregnancy. These are just some examples of what a woman may choose to do based on her getting tested for CMV and finding out she has not had the infection previously. Each woman will need to make her own choice in what is right for her, but by being tested and by having knowledge of CMV, at least a woman will then be able to make an informed decision and do all she can to safeguard her unborn baby. This is why we at the Brendan B. McGinnis Congenital CMV Foundation are working to get all OB-GYN’s to counsel their patients about CMV and to subsequently test them for CMV. IS THERE A CURE OR A VACCINE FOR CMV? No, there is no cure and no vaccine, although a drug called ganciclovir is useful for some babies with congenital CMV. If your baby has congenital CMV infection, you should discuss the option of ganciclovir with your baby's Doctor. Funding to support these researchers is also very limited. This is one reason why we are committed to raising funds to help support research for a vaccine. It is also our hope that through increased public awareness there will be enough public outcry to pressure the government and other private entities to contribute financially to vaccine development. This terrible virus can be eradicated if only we can find a vaccine. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP FIND A VACCINE AND STOP CMV? There is limited funding available for this research. One goal of the Foundation is to raise donations to help support vaccine research. We know from our experience with congenital rubella (German Measles), a virus infection that used to cause birth defects in newborns a generation ago, that an effective vaccine can effectively eradicate the disease from the population altogether. Through increased public awareness, combined with increased pressure on the medical community to educate and test women, it is our hope that funding for vaccine research will be increased substantially. Until that time, we rely on public donations to support these goals. Please remember us when you are making your charitable contributions. DONATE NOW Also, please help us raise public awareness by sharing this website and related information with others. Encourage doctors you know to include CMV counseling and testing as part of their standard protocol. |
| The Brendan B. McGinnis Congenital CMV Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) dedicated to raising public awareness about congenital CMV, to raise donations to support research for a vaccine for CMV, and to affect change in the medical community so that physicians will begin to test women for CMV prior to pregnancy. Ultimately, our mission is to save babies yet to be born from suffering the often devastating consequences of congenital CMV by eradicating this common but potentially life-altering virus. |
| Brendan B. McGinnis Congenital CMV Foundation |
| If you are considering having a baby, you need to know about congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection ! |
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