Suggest treatment for pergo virus infection in infant
Patient: sir my wife has delivered a baby in a nineth month that is 21 days before expected date of delivery. When child was born his body was white and there were blood clots on whole body. during delivery he cried and done all the normal acts. Immediately after delivery docter had sent his blood for clinical diagnosis, his hemoglobin was only 3%. his heart was pumping very fast. Imidiately blood was transfused in his body while old blood in his body taken out. In whole blood of the body was changed after it his hemoglobin was 15%. Now doctors after so clinical checkups and pathological investigations they are saying that it was pergo virus infection. if it is right than what i have to do save his life in future Doctor: Hi,I think i can help to get certain facts and terms straight .What your wife had is most likely a PARVO VIRUS B 19 infection while pregnant ,may be from some contact with children with the infection.This is a viral infection in children which is usually mild with red cheeks and lasts for 3 to 5 days and goes away .if your wife works with kids in a nursery she may have picked it up.and if she is not protected with antibodies ,the virus from her blood goes to the baby and stops baby inside the uterus from producing red blood cells .This caused anemia in the baby and needs immediate management with blood transfustion with packed red blood cells-----.in your case the baby had gone to further complication of reduced platlets ,thats why they exchanged ,whole blood .The good news is that it is self limiting disorder and will not cause any problems in the child,his groth of development or chronic anemia,