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Fever & Pregnancy

How fever in early pregnancy causes heart, facial birth defects. Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate. Exactly how this happens is unclear. Scientists have debated whether a virus or other infection source causes the defects, or if fever alone is the underlying problem. Source 6t.

Pregnancy and Fever

The body normally does not get a fever unless it is trying to kill off a virus or other infection. I have a feeling that the under laying cause is some type of virus or infection that is causing the fever and therefor the birth defects.