Newborn Baby Care: Chicken Pox
Chicken pox can be extremely harmful—or even fatal—to a newborn baby if it is contracted in her first week of life. Here's what you need to know:
Babies of women who develop chicken pox five days before or two days after delivery should receive varicella zoster immune globulin immediately after birth. Additionally, both the mother and baby should be isolated. If the mother has skin lesions but the baby does not, for proper newborn baby care, the mother should not come into contact with the baby—including breastfeeding—until the lesions dry up and/or the infant receives the immune globulin.
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