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Please read panicking about chicken pox

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 14:59

Due to fly next Tuesday morning and dd has a couple of spots on her face. One very much looks like it's got a head to it, the other side more just flat blotchy, it's actually faded a little since this morning. No other spots anywhere atm.
Shitting myself as I know we won't be able to fly if it is as Ryan air policy is 7 days after last spot appears.
Dd has a milk allergy and recently (last couple of days) we've noticed she's reacting to soya. She has had small patches of hives on her thighs on and off.
We haven't been anywhere like soft play. Around other kids or anything, only place would be the park in the town a couple of weeks ago and she went on a baby swing. Can you catch chicken pox off a swing ??

I'm trying to tell myself it's a rash from the soya

The last pic is it about an hour ago

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GingerIsBest · 23/08/2023 17:06

The ones behind the ear don't look like chicken pox to me - more like a heat rash or some sort. Has she got any elsewhere on her body yet?

TooOldForThisNonsense · 23/08/2023 17:06

havingapanic · 23/08/2023 15:07

How fast do the spots appear ? Would she have more by now? We noticed them first thing she woke up with them

IME they appear really really quickly. When I had it I remember looking in the mirror and watching them pop up all over my face!

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 17:20

No none that I can see anywhere else atm

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Jobreveal · 23/08/2023 17:25

I don't think they look like chicken pox.

Spinet · 23/08/2023 17:29

Doesn't look like chicken pox to me. Stop obsessively checking! Have another check over in the morning.

bookworm44 · 23/08/2023 17:42

Peony654 · 23/08/2023 15:01

I think you can catch chicken pox anywhere but unlikely from what you said. No idea about airline policy but I'd question how on earth they'd know? It's not like they examine kids before they get on, most flights they can't get you on the plane fast enough.

Is that really the point, getting away with it? With no thought to anyone else catching it if that's what it turns out to be?

justanotherparrot · 23/08/2023 18:02

It doesn't look like chickenpox to me.

CP generally starts on the trunk in raised pimply spots which soon turn into blisters.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 23/08/2023 18:17

They look more like heatrash.

However, if it is the Pox, the spot appearance pattern over 18 hours is usually something like

. . . .... .. . .. (ok looks like it isn't) .............................................................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................ ....... ........ ....... (oh shit) .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ................. . .......... ..........

amispeakingintongues · 23/08/2023 18:52

My son (2yo) caught chicken pox on holiday and we flew back no problem. They were a bit scabby by then but not all of them.

I wouldn't worry, Ryanair don't employ medical pros to assess your baby before you board. Also your baby looks young so they shouldn't be too bad, they are meant to be milder the younger the child.

Piscesmumma1978 · 23/08/2023 18:55

Could it be bites?

Put her in the bath. I was told it brings out the spots. It definitely worked for DD

I'm fairly sure she'd need to have been in close contact with someone who has it x

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 19:25

I'm hoping maybe it's heat, it is warm and she's a sweaty baby with lots of hair lol
I wish they could be bright blue spots or something so you could just know !!

This is it, she has only been on the swings, haven't seen any other kids, so unless a kid sneezed on the swing or was covered in oozing pox I don't see how you could catch it from that ?

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indyocean · 23/08/2023 19:26

Doesn't look like Pox to me

MeinKraft · 23/08/2023 19:27

I don't think it's pox. The spot doesn't look like a blister and she would have loads by now. Bath her just in water for a few days and put junior oilatum or baby cetraban on after the bath. My son has sensitive skin and he got spots like that as a baby.

indyocean · 23/08/2023 19:28

It's just a rash: probably due to teething and heat

I really wouldnt worry. Babies get rashes all the time

peeinthepool · 23/08/2023 19:31

It doesn't look like chicken pox to me. They usually look like small blisters when they first appear.

Summerscoming23 · 23/08/2023 19:33

Behind the ears apparently is a telltale sign. My son got one on his chest,3 on his shoulder then a cluster behind his ears - try liquid piriton and a hot bath. Should give you an answer. If they are OK in themselves no reason not to fly,nto contagious after 5 days

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 19:44

I know the nhs says not contagious after 5 days but Ryan airs policy is can't fly until 7 days after the last spot appears, why the difference does anyone know ?
Argh so stressful. I don't want her to get poorly, but selfishly want our holiday

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Balloonhearts · 23/08/2023 20:05

It doesn't LOOK poxish. I think they're just blemishes tbh, chicken pox spots are quite clear, defined red blisters, these look too fuzzy around the edges to me. More like prickly heat rash. I don't think its chicken pox.

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 20:30

Will I definitely know by the morning ? If it is cp should she have lots by tomorrow ?

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Bunnycat101 · 23/08/2023 20:43

The ear ones don’t look poxy I think but the face is a bit sus-you’ll know tomorrow. With my youngest I’ve had 3/4 times when I was convinced it was pox but wasn’t. Some babies can be pretty spotty re their rashes.

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havingapanic · 23/08/2023 21:03

Bunnycat101 · 23/08/2023 20:43

The ear ones don’t look poxy I think but the face is a bit sus-you’ll know tomorrow. With my youngest I’ve had 3/4 times when I was convinced it was pox but wasn’t. Some babies can be pretty spotty re their rashes.

I thought the face one was dodgy too, it was seeing that one that made me consider cp! That one has gone down loads though throughout the day

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havingapanic · 24/08/2023 08:53

No more spots have come up, the ones on her face have faded to almost nothing now and behind her ear has calmed down. Still keeping a watch though !

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GRex · 24/08/2023 09:01

Lots of illnesses cause spots, as do insect bites and heat rash. Wait and see, because it could be anything.

I don't understand why you wouldn't just vaccinate against preventable diseases if you're going to panic about them? Either you think it's not a problem to catch chickenpox, in which case work round the illness timespan when it happens, or you believe it is a problem so you get your child vaccinated.

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havingapanic · 24/08/2023 09:48

GRex · 24/08/2023 09:01

Lots of illnesses cause spots, as do insect bites and heat rash. Wait and see, because it could be anything.

I don't understand why you wouldn't just vaccinate against preventable diseases if you're going to panic about them? Either you think it's not a problem to catch chickenpox, in which case work round the illness timespan when it happens, or you believe it is a problem so you get your child vaccinated.

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I've never really given it much thought to be honest, never had this issue before. But obviously it's given me food for thought and probably will be wise to vaccinate...
Why don't they just offer it as standard?

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GingerIsBest · 24/08/2023 10:49

If she hasn't got more spots now, you can stop worrying about chickenpox.

They don't vaccinate as standard because it's expensive and for most children it is not a particularly dangerous disease. It seems to me that a good solution to this would be to vaccinate at age say 5 - if the child has not already had chickenpox. You'd have a much smaller number to do and it would be less expensive and you'd be protecting the children at higher risk and/or who will be more impacted by chickenpox by getting it because of too much school being missed.

Similarly, they don't vaccinate as standard for TB in this country but I believe in certain areas, where there's a high percentage of people who travel to countries with a higher TB risk they do and certainly, as someone who travels to South Africa regularly I was offered TB for DD (but for DS I did it privately so I assume my trust changed its approach between the two).