I'm poorly and had to cancel our holiday. Where can 70yo nana bring disappointed DS7 on this rainy day?

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Poor DS7. I've got bad chickenpox and had to cancel going camping this week (dp and dss have gone on ahead and we will follow on when I'm well enough, which might not happen)

All his friends are away but he's happy to have nana to look after him. But apart from the cinema, the science / natural history museums, what can they do today in London that's relatively cheap and indoors? I need inspiration. Please help x

No fluid filled blisters (yet)

I'd call out of hours. That's not CP. Certainly not like any I've ever seen.

OP - that is unlike any CP I have ever seen, can you get someone to have a look at it - a second opinion?

Sorry not helping with you dc, all 5 of my kids gave had chicken poxs, i had it in my 20's and i worked in a nursery, i honestly have ever seen cp present its self like that before. You poor poor thing.

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That does NOT look like chicken pox - is there an OOH doc you can get to?

Yeah I think you should phone OOH. That looks horrendously sore and itchy. I think you need to get it seen again now that it's changed it's presentation. With the anti-viral it should be starting to heal up not getting worse.

Oh shit really. I'm getting worried now. The doc I'm registered with is an hour away by tube. Should I call around doctors surgeries near where I am now? Or 111? I'm panicking and not feeling well at all and don't know what to do, sorry if I'm being nonsensical

You need to call 111 and ask for an urgent out of hours appointment. Have you had all your childhood jabs etc?

Don't panic, more than likely it's some kind of viral rash. Ring 111 and and what they say.

The maritime museum and a boat ride to Greenwich is fun,

Spoke to 111 and went through a series of questions. She is getting someone to call me back in next 2 hours.

Fenella, I think so? I don't even know! Last jab I remember was the BCG

Are you drinking lots OP?x

It’s quite possibly a bug and the rash is viral, but the anti-virals should have started taking it down by now if so. I just ask about jabs because the rash looks more like measles than CP. Is it flat, or does it have a texture to it?

Depends on how old OP is depends on which childhood jabs she may have had. I had rubella vaccination at secondary school but didn’t have anything for measles or mumps (MMR was not a thing when I was a child)

Hope you find out what is wrong with you OP and start to feel better soon

I think it looks like measles too. It could be an infection alongside chicken pox. You need to see a doctor today. I don't like your headache and how unwell you feel.
Keep drinking fluids and wait for the call back but prepare to go out to some sort of medical setting.

And what happens if you press a glass on the Rash?

I hope someone calls you back soon, that looks nothing like chickenpox. How unwell are you feeling?

Yes, measles crossed my mind too but then measles looks like a viral rash too.

I'm 38

Drinking lots of water and appetite is fine

I thought I had the measles when I was younger but I could be wrong

Im not so unwell that I'm not eating, I managed to get a wash on and out to dry and I cooked myself some bone broth earlier. I do need to sit down after each activity as I feel a bit weak. I've been headachey off an on all week

Is nana your DM or MIL? If DM will she remember whether you have had measles or the measles vaccination

Yeah, sounds just like D's with HFM, wiped him out but could still eat and drink and potter around. His rash was so alarming though!

Had a call back, they said I need to see a doctor in next 2 hours so they've booked an emergency appointment for 7.15. Time to get out of my pj's

Do you have a fever? The rash on your leg looks like it could be erythema multiforme which can be caused by a viral infection or a reaction to medication. I would want that seen by a doctor today.