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What evaluations are used to diagnose CMV or fifth disease?
Blood tests are used to diagnose maternal antibodies against CMV or fifth disease.
How is fetal anemia brought on by fifth disease treated?
Fetal anemia caused by fifth disease may resolve on its own. If the fetus is at risk for heart failure, a fetal blood transfusion may be performed. The mother also may receive medication that passes through the placenta to the fetus.
What are the dangers of infection with fifth disease during pregnancy?
Although not usually dangerous, fifth disease contracted early in pregnancy can cause miscarriage or severe fetal anemia (low blood count ) that can lead to congestive heart failure.
Does fifth disease have swollen cheeks?
fifth disease doesn't have swollen cheeks
What childhood disease resulting in puffy cheeks?
fifth disease
What is fifths?
Fifth disease is a viral illness caused by parvovirus B19. Fifth disease is also known as "erythema infectiosum" and "slapped cheek disease." The clinical illness was described in the 1880s and was named fifth disease because of its "fifth" position in the numerical classification of childhood illnesses associated with rashes (exanthems).Fifth disease is caused by a virus.Symptoms include low fever, fatigue, a "slapped cheeks rash," joint aches, and a whole-body rash.Diagnosis is made based on clinical features.Rarely, fifth disease can have complications.Fifth disease in pregnant women can cause a miscarriage.
Why erythema infectiosum called fifth disease?
Erythema infectiousum is called fifth disease because at the time it was discovered it was the fifth most common cause of rash in children.
Can i eat hot cheetos with fifth disease rash?
Parvovirus B19 most commonly causes fifth disease, a rash illness.
What is 5ths Disease?
I had Fifth disease when I was, oddly enough, in the fifth grade. It's just a virus with symptoms that include a rash (I remember it was on my face) and I think a fever and it lasts a couple of weeks or so. I got over it with no problems, as I think most kids do.
Who discovered fifth disease?
The name Fifth disease originated in 1905, when a French physician assigned numbers to the common childhood diseases characterized by rashes. For example, measles was "first disease," scarlet fever was "second disease," rubella was "third disease," and so on. Eventually, the numerical names for these diseases were replaced, except in the case of fifth disease, which remains today.
WHAt Disease accounts for about one fifth of all deaths worldwide?
Infectious disease.
What is fifth disease?
Fifth disease is similar to chicken pox or other type viral infections. It is most commonly seen in children but some adults can be affected. A hallmark of the condition is a lacy type rash that starts on the trunk and spreads to the limbs. Typically the rash lasts only a couple of days or so but can reoccur. Especially in adults severe body aches are common.
