Features of the course of pregnancy in HIV-infected women

Since during pregnancy, most patients are diagnosed with stages I-III of the disease, pathological clinical signs are absent or look nonspecific. During the first three months after infection, 50-90% of those infected have an early acute immune reaction, which is manifested by weakness, slight fever, urticarial, petechial, papular rash, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, vagina. Some pregnant women have swollen lymph nodes and diarrhea. With a significant decrease in immunity, short-term, mild candidiasis, herpes infection, and other intercurrent diseases may occur.