The new coronavirus is harmful to women by causing damage to the respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, and may adversely affect a woman’s pregnancy.
1. Respiratory damage: infection with the new coronavirus will cause pneumonia, coughing, chest tightness, dyspnea, hypoxemia, etc. In severe cases, it may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory failure, infectious shock, or even life-threatening.
2. Digestive system damage: it can cause loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and so on, and the more serious patients will also have gastrointestinal bleeding.
3. Nervous system damage: it will cause loss of taste and smell, headache, inattention and brain inflammation.
4. Impact on pregnancy: If infected with novel coronavirus, medication is needed to treat the disease, and the medication may have an impact on the fetus, such as causing fetal malformations. If the condition is severe, it may adversely affect the growth and development of the fetus. In this case, the decision to continue the pregnancy needs to be made based on the circumstances of the pregnancy and the patient’s condition.
Because the new coronavirus is highly contagious, the patient needs to be isolated and treated in a timely manner to reduce the damage to the body.