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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / April 2006B19 Virus
Hello Has anyone ever had or currently had a chronic b19 condition, what were the symptoms and how long did it take to get over it. Huh???? What is that B19 stuff?  SignatureRuss Visit Alaska @ http://www.tannersacre.com > Hello > > Has anyone ever had or currently had a chronic b19 condition, what were the > symptoms and how long did it take to get over it. > Huh???? What is that B19 stuff? ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Russ I thought it was something made by Lougheed in the forties but then google took the stick: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/dcdc/cm/950616cm.htm HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PREGNANCY Background Human parvovirus B19 (B19) is the only known parovirus virus pathogenic to humans {ref. 1,2}. It was first discovered accidentally in 1974 in England in blood specimens (batch #B19) from adult blood donors who were asymptomatic or had mild symptoms during an evaluation of hepatitis B antigen detection tests. Within a year, seroepidemiologic studies established B19 as the causative agent of a erythema infectiosum (EI), or fifth disease, a mild childhood illness described clinically in 1889 and characterized by rash. EI tends to occur in outbreaks that suggest, like other exanthematous infections such as measles and rubella, the principal mode of spread involves respiratory secretions. B19 is also the primary cause of transient aplastic crisis in patients with chronic hemolytic anemia, although erythropoietic effects may occur but go unrecognized in otherwise healthy hosts. In 1966, arthropathy was reported in outbreaks of EI and subsequently confirmed in 1985 to be due to B19, sometimes as the sole manifestation of infection in adults. Chronic anemia due to chronic B19 infection was described in 1986 in immunocompromised patients. B19 can cross the placenta of women infected during pregnancy and was first reported to be associated with fetal death and hydrops fetalis in 1984; the potential risk of pregnant women is a continuing source of public concern. In recent years additional clinical syndromes have been described in association with B19 infection, aided by the ability to detect the virus using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique etc etc etc cactus jammies Ain't life grand. kj hawk the B19 virus is also called Fifth disease, and is commonly caught by childeren at school , its also called slap face, but when an adult catches b19 they have a 50% chance of it becomming a chronic problem with serious side efffects, im currently battling this problem plus hep and was wondeirng if anyone else had the same problem, btw 50 % of people already have the anti bodies for b19 and never knew they had it! > Hello > > Has anyone ever had or currently had a chronic b19 condition, what were the > symptoms and how long did it take to get over it. Sounds serious! How do they test for this? Is it expensive? KJ---------------------- You've been awfully quiet lately. Busy taking pictures, making art? Are the pics in your photobucket Big Sky and everything - is this your back yard or to have to travel to see these things? :-) hawk? Steve Its just a blood test, doctors say it normally goes in 4 to 12 weeks, but fpr immocompromised people you can develop other complications such as arthritis. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/parvovirus/B19.htm " Is fifth disease serious? Fifth disease is usually a mild illness that resolves on its own among children and adults who are otherwise healthy. Joint pain and swelling in adults usually resolve without long-term disability. Parvovirus B19 infection may cause a serious illness in persons with sickle-cell disease or similar types of chronic anemia. In such persons, parvovirus B19 can cause an acute, severe anemia. The ill person may be pale, weak, and tired, and should see his or her physician for treatment. (The typical rash of fifth disease is rarely seen in these persons.) Once the infection is controlled, the anemia resolves. Furthermore, persons who have problems with their immune systems may also develop a chronic anemia with parvovirus B19 infection that requires medical treatment. People who have leukemia or cancer, who are born with immune deficiencies, who have received an organ transplant, or who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are at risk for serious illness due to parvovirus B19 infection. " > Sounds serious! > How do they test for this? Is it expensive? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Steve Well the tx didn't cause severe anemia so I must not have B19. Weak and tired, but not pale, and not anemic. Thanks Paul, I feel better already I took myself a blue canoe and I floated like a leaf Steve one of my kids got fith disease when he was in the fifth grade. He is 32 now. Is it probable that I got an immunity to it? I hope so, because I have low platelets and white cells, so don't need low red cells too! Besides that, one of my pets bite me today. Hey Steve, geez thanks for asking - and happy Earth Day! I'm still lurking, but I am grumpy from mood swings. I lowered my daily Lexapro dose from 15mg to 10 mg, and am living with the ups and downs of daily hydrocodone. Seven weeks post-tx now, my head is as clear as it will get, I think, and my physical endurance is finally imroving.. I am making pictures (!) but they still need work. The landscape is turning grass-green, which is very photogenic. The pics in my photobucket are all from around my yard, but I have to continually monkeywrench bulldozers to keep them out of my wide-angle view (I wish). I really need to update the photo album, thanks for the reminder. Maybe I will take the same shots again and do a seasonal metamorphosis hmmm... It must be beautiful in the midwest now? Blossoms? Kathy (Hawk as in B19 respiratory loogie. Hawk blok tooey). Peace :-) http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b50/kjoh/ see also: http://photobucket.com/albums/d5/yonson/ "KJ---------------------- You've been awfully quiet lately. Busy taking pictures, making art? Are the pics in your photobucket Big Sky and everything - is this your back yard or to have to travel to see these things? :-) hawk? Steve Yes kj things are greening up and the flowering trees are nice. But in our new house in this new neighborhood, mature trees etc are years away, but the living is convenient. Bought some shelving and organized the garage yesterday - first actual "work" I've done in about a year. It feels good to be sore from working. I need to get back to swimming, but I'm still trying to find my motivation. You know how it is when you move - it takes a year to find everything, but it has only been six months. Also had to buy my wonderful wife a new riding mower - the old one just couldn't cut it anymore. haha Glad to hear your doing OK. I for one would like to see your wild habitat in the springtime. Get the camera out and charge up those batteries! Keep us posted - so we don't worry ;-) An easy one? "Can you show me the shine in your Japan, the sparkle in your China?" Steve |
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