Two questions about chicken pox:
- When should you seek medical attention for it? My big boy is totally covered (as in, there are upwards of 20 spots on his nose alone, over 100 on his face, etc) and is telling me he's really in pain and has a high temp of 39.7C, despite calpol and piriton every 4-6 hours, calamine, virasoothe etc. Naturally I don't want to take him to Dr if I can help it (both in terms of passing on CP and because they're already super busy today/tomorrow)
- I read that breastfeeding gives the baby immunity, but how long does that last for? Both my kids were exposed at the same time, but only the biggest is spotty. The baby is totally fine. The only difference I can think is that the baby was exclusively breastfed until mid-January? He's just coming up to 11 months now and it seems unlikely he's still got immunity from me to CP?
Thanks!