Sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infections may be bad combination for birth defect

Chances of gastroschisis increase fourfold in babies whose moms have both infections Women who reported having both a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) just before or during early pregnancy were four times more likely to have babies with gastroschisis—a severe birth defect in which infants are born with their intestines and other internal organs outside the abdomen, University of Utah researchers report in the online British Medical Journal.

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