Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Fifths Disease

Just when I was starting to feel better....I find out that my daughter has Fifths Disease. And maybe this was the cause of the miscarriage.

"...For some women, though, parvovirus B19 can lead to severe anemia in the baby and may even cause a miscarriage. The risk of this happening is higher for those women in the early stages of pregnancy. However, this occurs in less than 5% of pregnant women who have been exposed to fifths disease."

Awesome.

Update: They did a blood test and I already had the antibodies to Fifths Disease, so I must have been exposed to it at some point before.

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