stacynb

I got the parvoB19 virus from my daughter 1 yr ago, and I have had severe joint pain the entire year, however my doctors say I have Psoriatic Arthritis... I guess the parvo virus triggered it. So, I know that the parvo virus can cause arthritis like symptoms, but you have to figure out whether it is truly due to the virus or if you have something else going on. From what I was told, the parvo virus symptoms would eventually go away if that is all you have, but it sounds like a lot of people who start off with the virus end up getting some other forms of arthritis. If you just had the virus, get the lab work so you have the starting numbers, because the antibodies can be in your system a long time and I didn't get the test until about 4 months later and it didn't mean a lot to my doctor at the time because he said it just showed that I had been exposed to it at one point in time but didn't give him a reason to think that my symptoms were due to the virus. I always believe that you should get more than one opinion, so see your dr. and then a Rheumatologist or another specialist as well. I am still a little confused myself as to what the parvo virus does to the body to cause so many people to get these horrible cases of arthritis.