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Quick poll. Who is wrong? Me or dh. Chicken pox

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Sleepyjean70 · 27/05/2016 07:32

So I am fairly certain DC has chicken pox. She has the rash and it has beenvgoing round nursery. Dh wants me to take her to doctor's. I think it is necessary.
So my jury who is right please.

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Original poster
Sleepyjean70 · 27/05/2016 07:32

Unnecessary. Stupid phone

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Uptownfuckuup · 27/05/2016 07:33

he is wrong

StillYummy · 27/05/2016 07:34

Call the dr and see if they want to see you but I don't think they need to. A weekend of oat baths and calpol for you :(

NataliaOsipova · 27/05/2016 07:34

I agree - just phone. They won't thank you for spreading it round a waiting room (which, let's face it is usually full of old people who would be more vulnerable if they were to catch it).

LetThereBeCupcakes · 27/05/2016 07:35

He is very wrong. Unless you're worried the CP has turned nasty. DS is just getting over it, wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting!

FromthePinkGlitterySide · 27/05/2016 07:35

You don't need to take her to the doctors, plus there might be pregnant women and others with low immune problems there so you really shouldn't. My ds had chicken pox and we needed a doctor because the spots got infected so we rang and the doctor did everything over the phone.
Hope your dd is not too bad Flowers

Griphook · 27/05/2016 07:35

He could take her if he wants too. Yanbu by the way

NamelessEnsign · 27/05/2016 07:37

He's wrong. The NHS website here says tou don't need to see a doctor excepting specific circumstances, and to try to keep the child away from people with vulnerable immune systems (the type who need to go to the GP).

MrsKCastle · 27/05/2016 07:37

Don't go to the doctor! Keep her inside, don't spread it around. DH definitely wrong.

(Disclaimer- obviously speak to a GP if she gets really poorly, but not necessary for normal chicken pox)

OiWithThePoodlesAlready · 27/05/2016 07:37

Unless said child is 2 weeks old he is wrong. Very wrong! You wouldn't even be allowed in the door.

I had to take my dd to be seen when she had it because she was poorly with it but I phoned first to ask advice from my gp and was ushered into a side door and a separate room.

Billyray23 · 27/05/2016 07:38

No need to see the doctor. There is nothing doctor can do. Plus you are just passing it on sat in a busy waiting area with her. Stay at home and ride it out. You are correct

NamelessEnsign · 27/05/2016 07:38

By the way, don't give ibruprofen with chickenpox as it can cause deeper infection and serous complications (this is quite new advice so I'm telling everyone).

enterYourPassword · 27/05/2016 07:38

Take him to the Drs. The rash could be anything and better safe than sorry.

QueenofLouisiana · 27/05/2016 07:38

I was just stuck in a room with DS for 45 mins (morning "show up and wait" surgery) then told it was CP and to go home.

As long as they are progressing through the unwellness of CP there isn't anything else a GP can do. Fluids, foods as wanted/ needed, oat baths to help the itchiness, lotion to do the same, paracetamol (never ibuprofen).

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Sleepyjean70 · 27/05/2016 07:39

Thanks. Oat baths. Do you mean just normal oats. Better get the calpol

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enterYourPassword · 27/05/2016 07:40

Posted too soon.

Additonally, my eldest got chicken pox when I wa spregnant. The Dr told me the chances of it causing issues for me or our unborn son were next to zero and so to relax and stock up on calpol / calamine.

Sorry, take her

Tartsamazeballs · 27/05/2016 07:41

I'd be a bit pissed off to see a child with run-of-the-mill chicken pox in the waiting room whilst I was in for a midwife appointment. As would a cancer patient with a suppressed immune system.

If he's that worried get him to call 111.

WutheringFrights · 27/05/2016 07:43

Put oats in a muslin or a pair of old tights, tie it up and run in under the hot water when you're running the bath.
You can use it as a gentle rub too to soothe the itching.

Jimjamjoos · 27/05/2016 07:43

What does he expect the doctor to do???

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Sleepyjean70 · 27/05/2016 07:46

Sadlyvfh has a vulnerable immune system as on immunosuppressants. (Sp) So maybe he needs to get a telephone consult

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anklebitersmum · 27/05/2016 07:47

Ring the doctor to notify them, having first checked with the chicken pox pics on the tinterweb to confirm it is indeed pox.

See if doctor will prescribe some calomine lotion but as a cream form (it goes on like sudocrem) for after oaty baths and anti-histamine for less itching at bedtime. My DS2 was so covered he was prescribed phenagan for before bedtime so it's well worth asking the doctor up front.

Failing prescription ask your pharmacist but don't take the poorly mite with you.

exLtEveDallas · 27/05/2016 07:48

We had to take DD to the doctors to get CP confirmed, but that's because her spots first appeared on a bloody plane, and we needed to know if all the other passengers needed warning off (it was, they did, I've never felt so guilty in my life)

Otherwise I wouldn't bother. I'd say within 24 hours you should know if it def CP, if it's still just a rash afterwards then I'd get it checked out.

Catsize · 27/05/2016 07:48

Your DH is wrong.
I took DD to the Dr with chicken pox to get a letter on holiday to say she couldn't fly etc as she started with spots 15hrs before we were due to fly and on a Saturday afternoon. Thanks DD!
It was the lesser of two evils. Could not have had her risking passengers on flight etc.
Extended holiday, lost £100s of £s (both self-employed), but better than someone suffering a miscarriage because I took DD on a flight.

Penfold007 · 27/05/2016 07:50

If your DH is immunosuppressant he needs to speak to his GP. There is nothing a doctor can do to stop DS being infectious.

Wolfiefan · 27/05/2016 07:50

If you have an immunosuppressed child please call your GP ASAP for advice. They may want to give an injection. My son had cp whilst immunocompromised and we were sent into hospital.
Hope all is ok OP.