When a woman is pregnant and has an episode of genital herpes during pregnancy, the child is more likely to be infected.
During pregnancy, if the HSV virus in the female patient’s body may be transmitted to the foetus through the placenta, causing the foetus to become infected in the uterine cavity. And during delivery, if the virus is present in the woman’s vagina or cervix, the fetus can be infected by the virus when it is delivered through the vagina causing an attack, so for such patients try to opt for a caesarean section to reduce the occurrence of the condition in the child by infecting the birth canal.