Does tuberculosis affect the fetus? This is something that many women are very worried about. Tuberculosis is a common disease that can be very harmful to patients. The following is a detailed introduction for you. Tuberculosis and eugenics have an inseparable relationship. According to the third national epidemiological survey of tuberculosis in 1990, the prevalence of tuberculosis in rural areas was 2.4 times higher than in urban areas. Youth tuberculosis is generally defined as tuberculosis patients in the age group of 15 to 29 years old, which is characterized by late detection, heavy disease, rapid progress, and more bacilli excretion, but the disease can rapidly improve after reasonable chemotherapy. Patients in this age group are often involved in schooling, employment, love, marriage and childbirth. In recent years, there is an increasing trend of tuberculosis in young people, which should be taken seriously. Love and marriage are often a concern and an easy cause of distress for young men and women who first get TB. If there is not yet a love object, before the full recovery should be put aside for a while, in order to focus on the disease, if there is a love object, should tell each other the truth about the disease, the current focus on treatment, to be cured of tuberculosis and then consider marriage, generally postponed 1 to 2 years. If you get married in a hurry when your disease is not stable, you will encounter a series of problems in the future, such as married life, childbirth, eugenics, household chores, etc., which will have a negative impact on the treatment. If tuberculosis is found after marriage and symptoms such as fever, cough, hemoptysis, etc. are present, and the lesion is obviously active, sexual intercourse must be temporarily prohibited to reduce physical exertion and fatigue. Married women who have active TB should use temporary contraception. Rifampin, streptomycin and other drugs should not be used during pregnancy, and pregnancy in women with tuberculosis is not good for the patient or the fetus. In pregnant women with severe tuberculosis, the fetus may be stunted or stillborn due to lack of oxygen and malnutrition. Tuberculosis bacteria can also spread through the bloodstream and form foci of tuberculosis in the placenta, which can enter the fetus after destroying the villi and transmit to the fetus. In general, if a patient with tuberculosis can be strictly isolated from the fetus after delivery, the possibility of transmission of tuberculosis bacteria to the newborn is very small, and there is no effect on its growth and development. In cases of severe tuberculosis, abortion should be performed within 6 to 8 weeks of pregnancy. Women with tuberculosis should recover their strength as soon as possible after delivery, take medication on time, avoid overexertion, separate from the baby as much as possible, and the baby should preferably be taken care of by someone else, and receive BCG vaccination in time to avoid contracting TB.