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Old Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:20 AM
praarumu praarumu is offline
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1.8 years Kid with PRCA

Hi,

My name is Pranesh, I am from India. My Son aged 1.8 years now is having PRCA (with Parvovirus). We had transfused 3 times from his 6th Month (BMB didnt find the root cause) and by Last december, we identified that he is infected with PRCA and till now he is under Predisone (Kidpred Syrub) of 15mg/day for first few months for which he responded fair enough. The Doctors reduced the quantity from 15mg gradually and now its 5mg/day. His Hb was stable (about 8.4 for 4 months) and in the last couple of months, it got reduced to 7.4. The Doctor said, we shall wait for 2 more months with same 5mg of predisone and if the Hb still gets down, an alternate drug would be suggested.

And if nothing works, the doctor said, we have to perform a Bone Marrow Transplantation, which makes me afraid.

Kindly help me with some thoughts on the treatment of PRCA and also about the Bone Marrow Transplantation. Will it be fine for a 1.8 year kid to go through this?

Thanks,
Pranesh
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