Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect characterized by defective formation of the diaphragm, lunghypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension.
Microcephaly is considered the most severe birth defect associated with Zika.
Now, Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, a severe birth defect that leaves children with abnormally small heads.
For pregnant women, however, infection with Zika virus is linked to a severe birth defect called microcephaly, which results in an abnormally small head and brain.
It is not a severe birth defect but in nearly every case of pre-natal detection to date, there has been a termination.
The mosquito-borne virus has infected 1,035 pregnant women, which is a concern to authorities because Zika has been tied to a severe birth defect known as microcephaly.
No incidents of microcephaly, the severe birth defect where babies are born with shrunken heads and brain damage, have yet been reported in Puerto Rico, although one has occurred in the mainland US.
Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly – a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized – as well as other brain abnormalities.
