Is it BU to took you toddler with chicken pox to a theme park?

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This isn't me so please don't flame me!!!

There is a big group of us going to a theme park for a family day out this week. A friends toddler has chicken pox and is now just covered in spots so will be this way when we go. I said "aw it's a shame she won't be able to come then" and my friend said "of course she's coming its already been contagious and now it's spots its fine and your DD has already been around her". I have a 9m DD and we saw my friend a few days ago when she didn't have any spots.

I don't know the ins and outs of chicken pox but I thought that it is contagious before the spots but you don't know about it and its still contagious until the spots scab over so if you have them you should be kept in and away from people but my friend thinks this is rubbish and it doesn't matter now. I'm worried about my DD catching it as she's so small but what about all the hither people we will be around?

I think she shouldn't take her LO to a theme park and is BU but she thinks its fine and I'm just PFB

Would a theme park actually let in a child who was clearly covered in unscabbed pox spots? (Genuine question, I have no idea)

Aaaargh, that's awful! I must declare an interest there. Chicken pox and a horrible condition called 'shingles' are caused by the same virus. Adults normally get shingles and I got it IN MY RIGHT EYE, along with, at the bloody same time, 'ordinary' herpes simplex! Can't begin to describe the agony - knives being driven thorough my eye doesn't even begin to describe it. The opthalmic consultants who took two years to sort me out said I was very 'unlucky' to have both conditions at the same time. But I digress ... your friend is being totally irresponsible - she should keep her child away from others while the child is infectious. It may, or may not, be a mild disease in children but an adult can be very seriously ill through being in contact with chicken pox. Your friend is being very selfish.

nobody is saying she should quarantine for 3 weeks but that she should not be taking a contagious poxy child to a theme park this week. You are making up posts now

oldgrandmama, you only get shingles if you have had chickenpox in the past- you cannot have shingles without first having chicken pox and adults can get chickenpox if they didn't have it as a child

How is she getting there? If she's relying on lifts, you can just refuse

what ignorant thing to do,

I hope she changes her mind.

and remembers her actions, when someone she loves has an immune system that won't cope with infection, because none of us will go through life without that happing.

I would get rid of this dangerous stupid selfish person out of your life.

class A twonk.

and at least give everyone a heads up as to where and when, so people can avoid it.

We've all done our time on quarantine, it wasn't fun but we did it and so should your friend. A mum from my kids school was turfed out of a restaurant as she had a child with chicken pox with her

Pinup, nobody is saying she has to be quarantined for 3 weeks.

So in the instance of people who have long term suppressed immunity, or are vulnerable because of other conditions, do you think they should have to keep away from places with children all the time? What about people who have children but are undergoing cancer treatment, or have compromised immunity for a myriad of reasons?

I was on chemo for a year as well, it was never suggested to me by my consultant to avoid going to the supermarket or theme parks or any other public place.

LiegeAndLief I was going to post the same thing- perhaps if the theme park is given the heads up about the situation they could be on the look out? Not sure if it would make a difference but it's surely worth a try?

OP your friend is a selfish piece of work, she's putting lives at risk. I'd tell the others who are going and I think that'd be enough for more than one person to express their disgust. I wouldn't go, you don't want to risk the health of your child. I know that CP can be picked up anywhere and yeah, it's probably best to 'get it out of the way' but I don't think knowingly putting your child at risk is a very wise move. And I'd tell her exactly this.

DS1 was very ill for 3 weeks. The spots come out in crops - no sooner was the first crop scabbing over, another lot appeared. He was very nearly hospitalised he was so ill. He was just 3 and caught it at nursery.

He gave it to his little brother who was 8 months old. He was actually less poorly with it, but had really bad shingles a few years later when he got flu.

It is very selfish to knowingly put other people at risk.

I got shingles from a kid who obviously haddn't got over it - she was very very spotty . No idea if the had scabbed or not I thought I was far away enough with my dd ......Then I gave CP to dd2 2 weeks later .
Don't go , fall out with your friend if needed . Or go and then see what happens in a few weeks........

How on earth can she keep her DD away from pregnant people? You can't always tell someone is pregnant by looking at them, and the first 3 months when you normally can't tell are the most risky, followed by the second 3 months when people are usually in the "Is she pregnant or just fat?" stage! Is she going to keep her away from all people who look fat? Oh, and women who look thin as well. In fact better just keep her away from all women of childbearing age. FFS! It's not like someone who's so far into their pregnancy that you can definitely tell is likely to be wandering around a theme park anyway when they can't go on any of the rides

Rosa, you don't get shingles from being near a child with chicken pox! It doesn't work that way!

Rosa, it is not possible to catch shingles from chicken pox.

You only develop shingles if you have previously had chicken pox.
Shingles cannot be caught.
You can catch chicken pox from someone with active chicken pox or active shingles.

HTH.

Oops! Cross posted!

oops - ditto .

Triple ditto! Lol!