tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071788134868753445.post99217743117684016..comments2024-03-28T05:14:17.703-04:00Comments on Jase and Greta: Fifth DiseaseJason and Gretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09685782123802879936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071788134868753445.post-1084284584346918332009-07-16T07:45:20.920-04:002009-07-16T07:45:20.920-04:00oh gretch. we did that a few years back. the rash ...oh gretch. we did that a few years back. the rash can actually last weeks, both coming and going. in kids, they usually don't care that they have it.<br />here is the catch: (there is always one!): it is the FIFTH "rash producing virus of childhood"...catch that part? kinda like chickenpox...meaning, great...IF YOU OR JASON HAVE ALREADY HAD IT... it adults, after you do the strange come and go rash thing,(about 5 days later) it produces PROFOUND ARTHRITIS with fever, called "septic arthritis", esp noted in the waist down....meaning KNEES and ankles....this lasts about a WEEK and is so severe is requires a HEFTY dose of steroids each day for a week....then it is OUT, like it came........<br />EASY for kids (except you look like you beat them)<br />AWFUL for adults who have never been exposed.<br />Stay away from pregos as much as poss.<br /><br />Now you can ask us how we know this???????????the Stork Nesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643677100908826114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071788134868753445.post-31976305329958025872009-07-14T16:43:29.630-04:002009-07-14T16:43:29.630-04:00nice! i learn so much about diseases from your fam...nice! i learn so much about diseases from your family...Camille Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15119714647370266650noreply@blogger.com