RE: Question about Zoloft/Caroline/Parvovirus

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Caroline:

I am curious about the Parvovirus significance. Did he have antibodies

that indicated a current infection (without symptoms) or were antibodies

(indicating past infection) higher than would normally be expected? It

is about one of the most common childhood viruses, most kids get it in

preschool or early childhood (slapped cheeks, slight rash, cold-like

symptoms) and it is completely harmless to those without immune issues.

I am so curious became I was diagnosed with an active infection of

Parvovirus during my first trimester of pregnancy with my son (PDD-NOS).

My OB was shocked because he says almost everybody is immune to it

having been exposed as a child. I got a severe cold, etc from this

illness. It was a fluke that we even knew what to test for, my step-son

had caught it in kindergarten and it was going around the local school,

so I asked my OB to test me because I was really sick, even though I

didn't have the rash or cheek symptoms. In adults its more serious and

can cause muscle and joint inflammation. Anyway, I have brought this up

numerous times during my son's various medical evaluations. No one has

ever seemed to know much about it and there is not much literature about

this virus and potential neurological effects. However, when I was

diagnosed with it during pregnancy, it did cause my OB to order 6

ultrasounds, one every 2 weeks during my second trimester to look for

possible fluid build-up in the brain. There were never any problems

detected. My son was born normal, regressed after chronic illnesses and

vaccines administered during illness at around 15 months. My closest

friend with a child on the ASD spectrum was also diagnosed with

Parvovirus during her pregnancy. Her daughter had a definite and

unmistakable vaccine reaction causing immediate super high fever,

seizures and CNS inflammation after MMR and completely regressed into

autism at 15 months. We always thought this was a weird coincidence.

Anyway, I was curious what, if anything, made Dr. G curious about this

particular virus and what if anything else he may have said about it.

Thanks for any comment.

Re: Question about Zoloft

Elspeth,

I think it would probably be a good idea to e-mail the office (and then

maybe call to follow up) before making a change... I didn't follow Dr.

G's

directions once and he was not shy about letting me know how he felt...

I

hope you can avoid going through that! It was nooooooooot very pleasant!

He is fighting for our kids and sometimes that means he will even debate

us

if he feels it is in their best interest.

He has reasons for things that surprise me even after having one of my

kids

with him for 4.5 years. Sometimes he looks in unexpected places to

understand why they are struggling. Such as... last round of labs he

tested

my son for Parvovirus (Fifths Disease) which came back positive. That

was a

virus I'd never heard of his looking at before. I'm not sure what he can

do

to help those high antibodies, but anyway, as you can see he sometimes

has

new ideas up his sleeve that might take things in new directions.

Anyway, just my two cents. Hang in there!

Caroline