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Child Behavior (Expert Forum)
Fifth Disease
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development
Fifth Disease
by Dianne, Mar 03, 2000 12:00AM
14 days ago my 7 yr old broke out with the rash assoc.with fifths disease, (confirmed cases at school). The rash ran it's course and about 7 days later the rash was almost gone. Then 2 days ago she started to break out ALL over her face, back,chest and arms worse than the first breakout. I called the Dr. he prescribed Cefaclor. My main concern is this: when my daughter had just turned 1 year old she was infected with chicken pox. Within days of the first "Pox" she developed a secondary strep infection, was sent immediatley to hospital and stayed in ICU for three days. She also has extremley bad reactions to spider bites. It is very common for her to have "the red line" travel through her little body. A few times we rushed to ER where she received shots of antibiotics immediatley. Im not sure if I'm being an over reactive Mother, but I feel that her immune system may be compromised and should I insist that the Dr. do testing on her to find out why she has such extreme reactions. What type of tests I'm not sure but there must be something. Can you help please? Thank you for your time.
Doctor's Answer
by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Mar 06, 2000 12:00AM
, Mar 06, 2000 12:00AM
Dear Dianne,
I am not qualified to address your question, but will ask our pediatrician to look at it. Our Forum deals principally with behavioral issues and emotional/psychological conditions.
I am not qualified to address your question, but will ask our pediatrician to look at it. Our Forum deals principally with behavioral issues and emotional/psychological conditions.
It does strike me as unusual that your daughter has had multiple severe skin infections. However, I am unable to put any name or condition to what you describe. I would advise you to consult with a Pediatric Immunologist to see if your daughter's history is suspicious for a subtle immune problem. I would rely upon the immunologist to direct any workup. This will probably require your going to a referral center - which may or may not be convenient for you - but I think worth pursuing.
Hope this will help.
Good luck - Dr. EV.