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childbed fever

/ˈtʃaɪld.bed ˈfiː.vər/

Traducción: Término histórico para la fiebre puerperal, una infección bacteriana grave del tracto reproductivo femenino que ocurre tras el parto o un aborto, a menudo mortal antes de la llegada de los antisépticos.

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/ˈtʃaɪld.bed ˈfiː.vər/C1formalmedical
  • esTérmino histórico para la fiebre puerperal, una infección bacteriana grave del tracto reproductivo femenino que ocurre tras el parto o un aborto, a menudo mortal antes de la llegada de los antisépticos.

A historical term for puerperal fever, a serious bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage, often fatal before the advent of antiseptics.

  1. Postpartum infectionC2formal

    A serious bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage, often caused by poor hygiene during delivery.

    esFiebre puerperal

    • Before the discovery of antiseptics, childbed fever was a leading cause of maternal death.
    • Ignaz Semmelweis famously linked childbed fever to doctors not washing their hands.
    • The symptoms of childbed fever include high fever, abdominal pain, and foul-smelling discharge.