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Gonorrhea can be passed from the mother to her baby resulting in blindness and life-threatening blood infection in the baby?

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Gonorrhea can be passed from the mother to her baby resulting in blindness and life-threatening blood infection in the baby?
If a pregnant woman has gonorrhea, she can pass the infection to her baby during childbirth, during the passage of the birth canal, hence the risk of blindness, joint infection or blood infection that can be fatal.

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