Side Effects of Epidural: Labor and Delivery

[waitresschick85]

How does an epidural cause oral herpes?  Herpes is caused by a viral infection that you must be exposed to...

[equine75]

@waitresschick85 Anytime morphine is administered whether through and epidural or otherwise, it causes a RE-activation of oral herpes. It doesn't initiate a first time incident but it often causes a flare for those who carry the herpes virus. They don't understand why yet.

[lusterwings]

This was a very well made video. You presented both sides well. Thank you

[paulina123lara]

I should of done my homework about the side effects of having this procedure done. I had my son at 21yr old and now my hurts so bad when i lift, push a furniture or if it is cold outside i feel it all on my lower back. My mom did tell me not to do this. The doc decided to come check on me and he did see that my baby hearth was slowing down do he had to do emergency c-section. I regret having the epidural..