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When to seek medical advice
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For your child
If your child develops what appear to be signs and symptoms of parvovirus infection, but you're not sure, contact your doctor to see if there may be some other cause for the signs and symptoms. Also contact your doctor if your child has a temperature greater than 102 F (38.9 C) or if you have other concerns.
If you have anemia
If you have sickle cell disease or a similar type of chronic anemia, parvovirus infection can lead to severe anemia. See your doctor for treatment. Once the infection is under control, the anemia will get better.
If you're pregnant
If you're pregnant and you suspect you've been exposed to parvovirus, see your doctor. A pregnant woman with parvovirus infection may pass the illness along to her baby. Although the great majority of pregnant women who have parvovirus infection will deliver normal, healthy children, there's a small risk to the unborn baby of severe and even life-threatening health conditions.
If your immune system is weak
Also, see your doctor for help with treatment if you have a weakened immune system, perhaps because of another preexisting disease, cancer treatment or an organ transplant.
