Please reassure me - chicken pox

[CakeInMyFace]

Help! Please reassure me! Chicken pox is definitely only contagious 1 to 2 days before spots, right? My DD2 who is 3 was around a friend's little girl on Friday and she came out in spots yesterday. So five days after we saw them.

We are flying next weekend to see my family and I haven't been back to my home country in 3 years. Its also rebooked from last summer as we had to cancel for very shitty reasons (horrific injury left me in hospital and needing surgery).

I am going crazy with worry, I know if she breaks out we cant fly and it would just be devastating for it to happen 2 years in a row.

Please tell me she will be ok!

I've always read it as 1/2 days before and then until the spots have crusted over. I would imagine 5 days should be fine

patient.info/skin-conditions/viral-rashes/chickenpox-in-children

I'm sorry to say that there is a chance she could have been contagious. You saw her 3 days before her spots came out but she could have had a couple of spots on Sunday and they just didn't notice until they multiplied yesterday. I just don't want to give you false definite hope when I believe there is a chance.

Go and get the vaccination for your DD now. It may prevent her getting CP and if she is incubating it it'll lessen the illness.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/varicella/public/index.html#post_exp

@Blubluboo we saw her Friday and first spots were last night so it was 5 days since we saw her not 3....

@lumpy76 would it really make a difference? If she is incubating it we would still not be able to fly. If she doesn't get it though I will seriously consider it. My oldest DD had it very mildly when she was 4 but I had it badly as a child so been in two minds about the vaccine...

A couple of things:
Chickenpox isnt massively contageous
She is right at the earliest incubation period to come out in spots before you fly - you may get chickenpox while you are away. Pack for this.
Get travel insurance today if you dont already have it

Wishing you a chickenpox free, fabulous trip home.

Sorry ignore me.... I thought it was Tuesday today. Kind of happy that it is now closer to the weekend than I thought!
My point still stands about her maybe having spots the day before yesterday. But yes, I'd say you're probably ok then.

You could be ok. My youngest child caught it at 3 but his sister 5 didn't come out in spots until 3 weeks after his first appeared.

@cakeinmyface even if she's incubating it the vaccination can stop it from actually developing, though this isn't guaranteed. I had friends who did this when one of their children came down with chicken pox just before a massive family holiday (15 people) to Florida. One of the cousins (all meet everyday) came down with CP - he was given anti virals to shorten the length of the illness and the other children all vaccinated. None of the other children got CP.

@lumpy76 how would I go about getting it for her? Will GP do it or do I have to book in privately?

@lumpy76 are there side effects?

Boota and superdrug do it. You can book online.

@CakeInMyFace two of my children have had the vaccination. Despite it being a live vaccine they had no side affects at all. From research it's a very affective and well tolerated vaccine. You'll have to go private for it. Worth every penny imo!

My daughter had the vaccine recently. No side effects. Worth it IMO (she is 6 and chickenpox has been round her class a couple of times, and it went round nursery loads, but she didn't get it).