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Re: fifth disease

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:49:34 -0600 (CST)

At Wed, 14 Nov 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am 25 weeks pregnant after 3 m/c. I was at a birthday party on Sun
>where I found our afterwards one of the kids had fifth disease.
>Apparently the kid had already been treated with medication and was off
>school for a few days that week but apparently had been back at school
>since. She was coughing at the party and the day before had a fever.
>Other kids at the party were exposed to here prior to diagnosis. I have
>since had an Ig and Im bloodtest. I don't know if I am immune.
>
>My questions are:
>Can this be treated with medication? If so what? And what are the risks
>of this in pregnancy?
>
>Could the child still have been contagious?
>
>Thanks so much. You have been very helpful to me in the past.

Answers to this could probably be found in the archives. 

--
Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
Sugar Land, TX


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