how MILD can chicken pox be?

[hermykne]

i thought ds had the spots yesrterday monring but a few more appeareed during the day, and now they seem to be less of a spot, some have wee, tiny wee, scabs - if u cud call them that.
he was contrary but woke only once last night and cried for all of 2 mins.
this morning he has a runny runny nose.

any ideas or help
TIA

oh the spots were on the nap of the neck , upper chest, underarm about 10/12. he's 18mths
and has been in contact with 2 children who had it in the last month

[TinyGang]

Chicken pox definately looks like little blister with yellowy fluid in it before it dries into a scab. I guess he could have it very mildly, some children do get it lightly.

Mind you, I thought dd had got away with a mild dose, but the worst of it came out a couple of days later because the spots seem to come out in crops iyswim.

[hermykne]

tiny, they are so small they could be blisters but i just wouldnt expect them to be that small but then for their size its prob normal
ta

[HappyMumof2]

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[hermykne]

thanks happymum

[edodgy]

My dd got chicken pox when she was 14 months and got them extremly mildly she felt unwell but only had a few spots on her legs and her arms, apparently it can be mild like this but it does mean they probably wont gain immunity from a mild case and could get it again.

[Blandmum]

Very, very mild. Ds got it at 3 months. He only had about 10 spots.

Now at age six he has shingles

[pouchofdouglas]

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[singersgirl]

DS2 had about 6 tiny spots when 4 months old and fully BF -DS1 was pox-ridden. But DS2was blood-tested later and wasn't immune so was given the jab(he had frequent courses of oral steroids at the time, so they recommended it).

[Mercy]

ds was 5 weeks old when he had chicken pox. He had less than 10 spots, mainly on his face and scalp. Fortunately he didn't seem bothered by it

[Rach69]

I caught cp age 23 from my neice who had only a few spots. I was plastered from head to foot (inside and out..ouch) and off work for 2 weeks. Five months later I got pregnant with ds1 who I bf for 9 months - a couple of months (he was aged 11 months) later he caught cp and was also plastered! so much for bf immunity. My ds2 and dd had it together aged 2 and 3 and had only a handful of spots.

Spots almost always start on the trunk and can precede feeling ill. I think a very mild case can mean they can catch it again.

[Blackduck]

Hopefully then ds won't get it again - he is COVERED - in partic on his willy/groin (nappy changing is a nightmare) - so much so we ended up in A&E as we weren't convinced it was CP!

[gomez]

Another with an experience of very mild CP for DD1 at around 11/12 months. Then she was utterly floored and quite poorly wtih shingles at around 3.5.

[DumbledoresGirl]

I only had three spots when I had CP as a child.

Three of me children got it together. they had loads of spots, but didn't really feel ill with it at all (except one had a temperture for one afternoon). I don't think it has to be a major illness to be real IYSWIM.

Mind you, people might have a point about getting shingles later on in life.