Human Parvo
Pregnancy And The Parvo Virus B19
The Human Parvo Virus B19 is present in almost every place. One of the diseases it produces is called the 'Fifth disease", a common infection experienced during childhood or adolescence. Thus, the National Center for Infectious Diseases has estimated that approximately 50% of all adults have experienced the fifth disease. After recovering from the disease, a person will most likely have developed immunity against further attacks of the B19 parvovirus.
A woman who is pregnant can be attacked by the B19 parvovirus. This occurrence is usually not life-threatening since many pregnant women are already immune to the virus. This immunity will also protect the unborn child. But sometimes, the pregnant woman will be easily fatigued and have mucous discharges from her nose. Aside from this, there are no serious human parvo virus symptoms that could endanger the lives of both mother and child. The B19 was never linked to mental retardation or any birth defects.
But there are a few cases of pregnant women who, after being infected by the B19 parvovirus, suffered miscarriage in the first half of pregnancy. The cause of the miscarriage is the severe anemia that happens to the unborn baby. The National Center for Infectious Diseases estimated these few cases to be about 5% of all B19-infected pregnant women.
If a pregnant woman has been known to be exposed to the B19 parvovirus, she should immediately inform her personal doctor about it. Usually, the physician will perform blood tests in order to know the medical situation of the pregnant woman with regards to the B19 parvovirus infection. The blood test will reveal one of the following:
The pregnant woman is already immune to the B19 parvovirus and her body is not suffering any infection - This means that she has nothing to worry about the presence of the virus. Her immune system can easily handle the B19 parvovirus.
The pregnant woman had a recent infection, most probably within the last three months - This means that the pregnancy must be closely monitored. There are no specific steps established to monitor a pregnant woman who recently had a B19 parvovirus infection, but the doctor can perform ultrasound examinations and more blood tests to make sure that the unborn baby is developing as he/she should be.
The pregnant woman has no B19 parvovirus infection but she has no immunity against it - This means that the woman must avoid exposure to the B19 parvovirus. There is no vaccine yet against the B19 infection.
If the blood results revealed that the pregnant woman has no immunity against the B19 parvovirus infection, and she believes that she has been exposed to this virus, the doctor cannot provide medications to stop the infection. All the doctor and the pregnant woman can do is to weather the infection, which could last for one to two weeks. The unborn baby will be frequently examined for any signs of anemia.
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I am 14 w pregnant and was exposed to the human parvo virus??
I am 14 weeks pregnant and was exposed to the human parvo virus. My nephew has it and I was with him on friday and saturday last week. How high are the chances that I got it? And what are the risk if I did? I talked to my doctor and got my blood drawn, but the results won’t be in till Monay and I am very worried.
Hey bomb- are you stupid. I am 14 weeks not 14 years old. I am 24 and married and the baby was planned!
OH MY GOSH!!! I thought that you were 14 too!!! OOPS!!!! Sorry, I think that you should be fine!! =) But keep us posted…
Does anyone know anything about the Human Parvo Virus?
I was diagnosed with Parvo in May 07, It was painfull and exhausting! All my doctors said that it would only last 2 – 3 weeks and would be gone never to appear again. Now 5 months later hundreds of dollars gone and many specialist under my belt I still have the virus and it is getting worse!
All doctors here are stunned and say they have never seen a case like it ( lucky me). They are saying I don’t have many options,
Option 1 – Ride it ou and hope it gets better not worse
Option 2 – Have another course of steriods, painkillers and anti-inflamitories and hope that works ( which I tried just over a onth ago and it was the worst I’ve been so far.
Option 3 – Have a blood transfusion from patients who have overcome the virus and our now carrying the antibodies in there blood. Although they don’t know if it will work and if my body will reject it.
If there is anyone out there who has had the virus or knows anything about it I would deeply appreciate hearing from you.
What is Human Parvo virus? Look in encyclopedia under virus. ?
Human Parvovirus is a not uncommon infection that occurs mainly in young children. The syndrome is called Fifth’s Disease, and usually presents as a body-wide rash of small, flat, red spots, usually with a fever. The infection usually resolves within a few days.
Less frequently, the virus can enter the bone marrow, shutting down blood cell production to cause aplastic anemia, which is life threatening, but this is more uncommon.
The virus that infects humans is called B-19, and is not the same virus that infects dogs.
Can a human get parvo from her dog?
Brought my pup home from a 4 day stay at vets with parvo and suddenly I am sick as a dog…literally.
Does anyone know of a person who has been diagonosed with human parvo?
My deceased husband was diagnosed with human parvo in 2004. He was also diagnosed with CLL in 2000. He became lukiemia free and 3 months later passed. On the death certificate it states human parvo. Not many case are known but how does a person get this disease? I just don’t quite understand it.
commonly in humans, the infecting parvovirus is Parvovirus B19 which causes Fifth Disease, a benign and self-limiting viral infection, characterized by fever, joint pains and body malaises, accompanied by a slapped-cheek rash.
a common complication of parvovirus B19 infection is development of a transient aplastic anemia wherein because of the virus, the bone marrow stops producing blood. in most cases this is also a self-limited condition.
however, in certain individuals, it can progress to a chronic aplastic anemia, especially in patients with previous chronic anemia from other causes.
i’m not entirely sure what you’re physicians are treating you for. maybe you can give more specifics on this.
also try to clarify whether what your having now is related to the parvovirus infection or is it a totally different entity.
let me also suggest intravenous immunoglobulin and antivirals like acyclovir
I am a genetic scientist ı am currently working in a diangnostic laboratory. We have a HPV test. Generally HPV can be seen in the cervics of Woman. However it is contagious virus so it can be seen in the man also. So most probably you have HPV or he had a sexual relationship with other woman.(sorry for this possibility)
You can ask additional questions to me via e-mail.
Parvovirus, commonly called parvo, is a genus of the Parvoviridae family linear, non-segmented single stranded DNA viruses with an average genome size of 5 kbp. Parvoviruses are some of the smallest viruses found in nature (hence the name, from Latin parvus meaning small).
Many types of mammalian species have a strain of parvovirus associated with them. A parvovirus tends to be specific about the taxon of animal it will infect. That is, a canine parvovirus will affect dogs, wolves, and foxes, but will not infect cats or humans.
Hope you feel better soon xxx