Imagine being told to plan a funeral for your unborn child. That's what parents Laurence and Deanna Allen of Bedford, U.K., thought they were going to face before their son, Freddie, was born, according to an article Wednesday morning in the Daily Mail.
The Allens didn't realize anything was wrong with their unborn child until a routine check-up showed significant swelling of Freddie's body.Rift Gold The couple learned that Freddie had acquired parvovirus, also known as "slapped cheek," which caused Freddie to suffer severe anemia -- a condition that destroys the body's red blood cells and caused fluid to gather around the baby's head and stomach.
"I couldn't walk outside knowing that I might bump into someone who would ask when was I due, knowing that all I would be waiting for is my baby's death," Deanna Allen told the Daily Mail.RIFT Platinum "This would have been far too much for any woman to cope with mentally."
In the next 24 hours, professor Kypros Nikolaides at Kings College London gave Freddie a risky blood transfusion. Mom, Deanna Allen, sat through the entire operation without painkillers or sedation.
The procedure turned dangerous when Freddie's heart ruptured under the pressure of the transfusion. He was without oxygen for almost a minute while surgeons rushed to repair his heart. Amazingly,rift gold Freddie survived and was born on Sept. 18 of last year without complications.
Dr. James W. Van Hook, professor of maternal field medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, said the virus baby Freddie suffered in the womb is not usually dangerous. "Six out of 10 adults have had parvovirus," Van Hook told AOL Health.
He said the problems encountered by Freddie were the exception and not the rule.
Van Hook says many people have been exposed to the virus. Sometimes individuals show symptoms, and sometimes they do not.
There is no danger if someone gets the virus and later becomes pregnant, Van Hook says. In addition, most pregnancies aren't affected if the mother aquires the virus. RIFT PlatinumIt is actually rare for the virus to be transmitted from mother to fetus and is even more rare for the virus to cause complications in the fetus when transmitted.
"Most of the time, even if the virus is transmitted, there's no problem," Van Hook explains. When patients contract parvovirus, they can become mildly anemic.
"When fetuses become dramatically anemic, they will do what Freddie did," adds Van Hook. But no long-term consequences should result if the baby is treated promptly.
Freddie is doing well thanks to the intervention,TERA Gold but the Allens want to warn other parents to be aware something like this could happen to them, too.
"Freddie was my third child and I knew I should stay away from people who smoke, not to drink and those sorts of things, but I had no idea that this small infection could kill my baby, I think there needs to be a lot more awareness about it," Deanna Allen told the newspaper.
Symptoms of parvovirus include sore throat, slight fever, upset stomach, headache, fatigue, itching and/or a distinctive red facial rash. Pregnant women who have contracted the virus will likely undergo blood work, and the fetus will be monitored through ultrasound for the next few weeks to make sure there are no signs for concern.
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