Back from the doctor.

[randomness]

(Specifically for apintrix and cmat, who very kindly asked to be kept up to date. And others, who didn't specifically ask, but did comment. I've been babbling about my various minor illnesses for long enough that I'm sure I've become tedious. Thank you all for paying attention.)

Diagnosis. I have:

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  Fifth disease, a viral infection "commonest amongst 4 - 10 yr olds."
  


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  Conjunctivitis, possibly viral, possibly bacterial

The irony of my having contracted (commonly) childhood diseases is not lost on me. Nothing serious, and stuff you'd see in a third-grader. (Insert obvious remarks about maturity here.) Although as resonance42 gently suggested, I should not have toughed it out for nearly a month before going to have it looked at.

Anyway, must go as I'm late for a dinner; thanks again for listening!

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yah, I'm a little worried that I visited ceo and gosling and their baby recently, but a) it was a brief visit, b) I stayed mostly on the far side of the room, and c) the online references seem to say that newborns are relatively safe from this because of immunities from the mother--assuming she's had it, which is likely.

In any case, I'm staying far away from pregnant women now...

Thanks for the good wishes!

[gingicat]

I had Fifth's Disease as a teenager, and it itched abominably. I thought I might have been re-exposed early in my pregnancy, so had a blood test done, and it came back with "you have lots of antibodies to parvo [the other name for it] but they're all old ones."