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Australian Doctors Fail to Warn Pregnant Women Against Dangerous Foods
October 15, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Women Health News
But at the very minimum they are supposed to warn the pregnant women against consuming foods that could lead to miscarriage. Apparently many in Australia don’t.
For recent research conducted at the University of Wollongong has found that women are putting their babies at risk by eating dangerous foods during pregnancy because many doctors and midwives fail to tell them it may lead to miscarriage.
The study, conducted by Dolly Bondarianzadeh in collaboration with Associate Professor Heather Yeatman and Dr Deanne Condon-Paoloni from the School of Health Sciences, has found that pregnant women are not being properly warned about avoiding soft cheeses, smallgoods, raw seafood and pre-prepared vegetable salads such as coleslaw because of their potential to contain the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
Listeria is rare in Australia, but is considered a serious public health issue because of its potential to cause blood poisoning, meningitis, miscarriage and stillbirth.
Besides hormonal changes in pregnant women diminish the ability of the immune system to defend their bodies against the disease, making them 20 times more likely to catch it.
Listeriosis, has recently been recognized as an important public health problem the world over. The disease affects primarily pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems.
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