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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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CrotchetyQuaver · 24/08/2023 10:49

How are her nappies?
Many years ago, the morning we were due to fly on holiday older DD had a really horrible nappy which continues for a few days, but was otherwise OK, she got a few spots that we presumed were mozzie bites, the younger daughter also started the "mozzie bites" a few days later. When we got home I took the younger one to baby clinic, mentioned the spots and they diagnosed mild chicken pox. I was mortified.
It did turn out a year or so later when they got chickenpox again that it must have been a very very mild case as it's unusual to get it twice.

Hopefully this is just the soy...

GRex · 24/08/2023 17:08

havingapanic · 24/08/2023 09:48

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?

The official reason is because kids getting unwell give a some adults top-up immunity to reduce shingles risk. The adults.could just vaccinate against shingles though, I didn't see the point in making DS have chickenpox to protect adults. There were also concerns that the cost is higher don't independently but MMRV would reduce MMR take-up, and measles is so much more lethal that isn't all risk anyone wants.

Our GP surgery did the vaccine 1 month after MMR, then a top-up however many weeks later. £110

TropicalTrama · 24/08/2023 17:24

havingapanic · 24/08/2023 09:48

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?

Mostly cost and also it would be combined with the MMR as the MMRV and take up of that has been shaky since that Wakefield idiot and his fake autism claims so they don’t want to muddy the waters. You also get nonsense trotted out about protecting the elderly against shingles but not only is that ridiculously unethical it’s just unnecessary because there’s a perfectly good shingles vaccine. I’ve also heard claims that it might wear off and with girls worries about protection for future pregnancies but the first American recipients are now in their late 20s and some will have had babies so that’s pretty much disproven too. So in short there is no good reason why it’s not offered. DS had his at Boots, it was £120 maybe, so loads cheaper than a cancelled holiday or 2 weeks off work plus the value you can’t put on peace of mind.

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