I have had quite a week... and just realized last night that my daughter's continued red face (which I thought was from being out in the cold wind on Friday) is probably due to 5ths disease. She developed the more typical red lace rash on her body yesterday and all the mothers have talked about how it's running rampant through the schools. Her rashes/skin appearance had me a little freaked out actually given the similarity in appearance to Raynaud's and the red face is so similar to the lupus malar rash but I wasn't too worried as she is feeling absolutely fine!
Anyways, I'm now thinking that the red hands/feet and rash going up my wrists and up to my ankles and extreme itchiness that I had for about a week recently was probably 5ths disease also. Before my itchiness/rash started, I had what I thought was a return of my malar rash too.
My hands/feet are a bit swollen and I have numb fingertips which are now getting better but my joints in the knees, hands, and feet are extremely painful. Is it worth placing a call to any of my doctors about this - has anyone gotten 5ths already having lupus? 5ths can cause lingering joint pain in adults (and interestingly is also believed to sometimes possibly invoke SLE and other autoimmune disorders!)
I just have a feeling there is nothing they would do for me anyways, so why go in? I can't take NSAIDs due to kidney issues, narcotic pain relief makes me itch if I take a normal days dose, and apparently this is just something that has to run it's course. The joint pain could be lupus or an after effect of 5ths disease. I would imagine prednisone would not be a good idea either for a while at least...
The strange thing is I appeared to have gotten it first, beating my daughter for a week before she came down with it. Either that or I developed the telltale symptoms much faster and she gave it to me. There is a large variation in incubation period for this virus!
Anyways, I'm now thinking that the red hands/feet and rash going up my wrists and up to my ankles and extreme itchiness that I had for about a week recently was probably 5ths disease also. Before my itchiness/rash started, I had what I thought was a return of my malar rash too.
My hands/feet are a bit swollen and I have numb fingertips which are now getting better but my joints in the knees, hands, and feet are extremely painful. Is it worth placing a call to any of my doctors about this - has anyone gotten 5ths already having lupus? 5ths can cause lingering joint pain in adults (and interestingly is also believed to sometimes possibly invoke SLE and other autoimmune disorders!)
I just have a feeling there is nothing they would do for me anyways, so why go in? I can't take NSAIDs due to kidney issues, narcotic pain relief makes me itch if I take a normal days dose, and apparently this is just something that has to run it's course. The joint pain could be lupus or an after effect of 5ths disease. I would imagine prednisone would not be a good idea either for a while at least...
The strange thing is I appeared to have gotten it first, beating my daughter for a week before she came down with it. Either that or I developed the telltale symptoms much faster and she gave it to me. There is a large variation in incubation period for this virus!
