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Mark & Steven Bornfeld - 17 Feb 2005 16:51 GMT

    My daughter was checked by her pediatrician yesterday and the
presumptive diagnosis was "Fifth" disease. (The school nurse was
concerned by a differential diagnosis of scarlet fever, but my daughter
had a throat swab negative for strep).
    She was of course thrilled to hear that she could return to school
today. ;-)
    This site
http://www.drreddy.com/shots/fifth.html

    states the reasons for calling erythema infectiosum "fifth disease" is
historic; but apparently fourth disease was a putative "Duke's disease"
which is no longer accepted as a distinct clinical entity.
    Shouldn't that move fifth and sixth disease up one place? And couldn't
some enterprising clinician get their name on that virus?

Steve

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 17 Feb 2005 18:24 GMT

In truth, the answer is "no" for both of your questions.

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> My daughter was checked by her pediatrician yesterday and the
> presumptive diagnosis was "Fifth" disease. (The school nurse was
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>
> Steve

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David Rind - 18 Feb 2005 01:48 GMT

> My daughter was checked by her pediatrician yesterday and the
> presumptive diagnosis was "Fifth" disease. (The school nurse was
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>
> Steve

No, there are too many names already. The virus is "parvovirus B19", and
"fifth disease" is already also called "erythema infectiosum" and
"slapped cheeks disease".

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sbornfeld - 18 Feb 2005 02:42 GMT

>> My daughter was checked by her pediatrician yesterday and the
>> presumptive diagnosis was "Fifth" disease. (The school nurse was
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> "fifth disease" is already also called "erythema infectiosum" and
> "slapped cheeks disease".

Maybe we should give up on names altogether, though I suppose taxonomy
could be a problem.
Incidentally, our daughter had sixth disease (roseola) at age one--and
was really quite ill. Luckily, she's missed first through fourth.

Steve

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 18 Feb 2005 06:54 GMT

There is no such thing as luck, neighbor.

All praises belong to God, Whom I love with all my heart, soul, mind,
and strength :-)

You will remain in my prayers, dear Steve, whom I love, in Lord
Christ's holy name.

May you accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior, someday, so that
you too will have eternal life and the wonderful riches of His
everlasting kingdom.

Here's how:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?I22222129

Please note that God truly made this special link describing that He is
the great "I am" and that His message is as simple as the number 2
which is a number between 1 to 9 and reminds us of His 2 commandments,
the 2 arms of the cross, the 2nd part of the Trinity, the 2 finger sign
of the Prince of Peace [who remains *V*ictorious over death and satan],
and the 2PD Approach. Let it not ever be written that Christ did not
make His presence known here on Usenet :-)

Also, note that Exodus 16:16 continues to remind us that 16 oz plus 16
oz makes 2 pounds, which is "a certain measure of weight," which is
what "omer" literally means in Hebrew.

Enter the 2PD-OMER Approach:

http://www.heartmdphd.com/wtloss.asp

At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

**
Suggested Reading:
(1) http://makeashorterlink.com/?L26062048
(2) http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2F325D1A
(3) http://makeashorterlink.com/?X1C62661A
(4) http://makeashorterlink.com/?U1E13130A
(5) http://makeashorterlink.com/?K6F72510A
(6) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I24E5151A
(7) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I22222129

> >> My daughter was checked by her pediatrician yesterday and the
> >> presumptive diagnosis was "Fifth" disease. (The school nurse was
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> >> states the reasons for calling erythema infectiosum "fifth
> >> disease" is historic; but apparently fourth disease was a putative

> >> "Duke's disease" which is no longer accepted as a distinct clinical
> >> entity.
> >> Shouldn't that move fifth and sixth disease up one place? And

> >> couldn't some enterprising clinician get their name on that virus?
> >>
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>
> Steve

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