Going to the shop with Chicken Pox?

Yep. And we wonder why things like Covid are on the rise again...

Also Uber now has a courier service. Literally a few quid to use it and get the essential meds from the pharmacy OP said they need if there's no family or friends available.

I had a 13 week miscarriage due to catching chickenpox. Call the pharmacy and ask for advice but don’t go in

The incubation period is about a fortnight so your baby won't show symptoms yet. The spots look like "dew drops on a rose petal" but if in doubt send a photo to your GP surgery as others have suggested. Please don't go out, for someone immune compromised chicken pox could be serious/fatal.

Phone pharmacy - ask then to have prescription ready and then call taxi to collect (along with Virasoothe) ... remember NO ibuprofen!!

CP has a long incubation period so if she did have CP your baby wouldn’t develop it for another 2 weeks or so.

It’ll become obvious pretty soon if she has CP, the spots will develop into fluid filled blisters, you donf need anyone to look at it tbh.

So call your GPs or Pharmacy then. You can send photos who'll confirm or say otherwise. You know something isn't right or you wouldn't be keeping them off school.

Hope the little one is feeling better soon.

I'm sorry to hear that Allthings. My Sister got shingles earlier this year and was off work for over a month. She was really poorly with it.

No, it should not be used. The child should not be going anywhere indoors and also be a distance away from anyone outside.

I think the OP knows it's likely CP. Just looking for someone to agree with them. DS got CP 2x. 2nd time badly infected as he'd been scratching at them in his sleep. GP wanted to see him. We had to sit in a different room out the way of other patients because they didn't want their elderly patients catching shingles (fair enough). The then DH watched him whilst I went to get his Antivirals from the Pharmacy. The last thing I'd be doing is taking a kid with a highly infectious virus in to a Pharmacy when a phone call with them or the GPs would suffice.

Also, we didn’t get chickenpox confirmed…. DD was ill before the spots but once they appeared she was fine. Spots took a few days to scab over and then back to nursery.
We used Virasoothe gel but other than that it was just wait it out.

@pengu45 I caught chickenpox as an adult a lot of years ago. I was in my late 20s, very fit and healthy, so not vulnerable at all. I was floored for months afterwards and very poorly when I had it.

Do you still ave a buggy with raincover? That could be used for essential shopping.

I had chicken pox as an adult a few years ago - it was awful and a colleague is now very ill with it. Please try and avoid spreading it and recommend paying for a vaccination if you didn’t have it as a child.

You can get prescriptions delivered nowadays. You can get online shopping. You can do online consults (just take a photo and send it to your GP). You don’t have to risk other people’s health in your situation. It lowers the risk if you go at a quiet time but it doesn’t eliminate it.

You don’t even need to have it confirmed by anyone. A doctor will only intervene and treat if you have a very severe case or complications which I’m assuming you don’t if you are intending to walk them to the pharmacy.

Don’t go to the pharmacy - an airborne illness in an enclosed area which could include vulnerable or pregnant customers isn’t great.

GP or pharmacist would probably try to identify from a picture or video.

Is there a local facebook community group? I live next to a pharmacy and have collected stuff for strangers who needed help before who have posted asking for help.

I would avoid. Can you do an e consult with your GP and take photos of her spots instead? Can you do a deliveroo or Tesco whoosh or one of those morissons/amazon same day delivery things for groceries?

If it is absolutely unavoidable then just make it really quick. It isn't like you're taking her to soft play. Sometimes there really is no other option or you'd have nothing to eat and couldn't access healthcare

Are the spots fluid filled blisters?
I have never needed to have CP confirmed by a pharmacist/GP/anyone else as they are usually quite distinctive (both my kids have had CP)

CP is airborne and can be passed on by being in the same room for 15 minutes or so. If it is chickenpox she shouldn't be going anywhere where she might meet other children or vulnerable adults

As others have said does your pharmacy deliver?

Do you know any of the mums from school yet? I would help a mum in need

This,

No she should not definitely go to the pharmacy without phoning first and seeking advice. It’s totally selfish to just go there with a child who is potentially highly infectious.

If the pharmacy have your prescription call them, most will deliver.

Yep Uber and Deliveroo are a Godsend for things like this.

But yes agree with this

When my son had chicken pox and I had to go and get food and lotion. I put him in the buggy with hood down, a blanket over him and obviously told him not to touch anything, popped in and out very quickly!!

I would ring GP, pharmacy or 111 for advice. They might well be able to assess a photo of her rash. DO NOT take her to a pharmacy unless 111 or the pharmacy requests you to do so, there are generally a high concentration of vulnerable people in a pharmacy, it would be highly selfish to expose them to chicken pox.