To fly with chicken pox?

[beepboo]

My son is two days into having chicken pox, we're due to fly to Bora Bora on Wednesday!!!!!
Should we try and get on the flight?? It's a been booked for a year and cost a small fortune!!! We have two other children who have already had the pox. Will he still be contagious by Wednesday?!

I thought the average time for them to scab over was 5 days? Fingers crossed!

And my DS12 hasn't yet had CP so if we were on your flight you could have potentially wrecked my child's education too

I think I'd be more concerned about his wellbeing and chance of him being poorly somewhere like that. I am quite sure that a lot of people would just cover up and go! He might sail through and be over the worst by then but you do have to think about other people too. I'm sorry you've missed out on your holidays, that sucks!! i hope he's ok. Wish people were this considerate with Norovirus which is arguably as, if not more harmful x

FIL with lymphoma is currently on long haul flight. CP could kill him.

YABU. You have to cancel. My DD had chicken pox in November and she was very poorly for 9 days. The spots just kept on appearing for days. It was a miserable time.

You don’t want to spread it and you don’t want a sick child flying or on holiday.

Not this again. Do people not realise how serious chickenpox can be in adults? Don't do it

Lol at “I missed Christmas” when a previous poster nearly died, yep.. that swings it!

I’m surprised anyone immune-compromised risks aeroplane travel, but I suppose sometimes there’s no choice

Ywbvvvvvu. Sorry. It sucks. But knowingly ruining others' holidays?! No way. My dc were so so ill with it, it was the most hellish 6 days. Followed by slapcheek and hand foot and mouth each when they had compromised immune systems and were really ill then too. Plus, as others' have posted, it ideal for pregnant people.

The airline might not even let you board. We encountered a family from London that was flying back from the States with us on BA. Both of their DC had CP, scabbed over and neither seemed that sick anymore but they were stopped at security and pulled from the flight!

'The airline might not even let you board. We encountered a family from London that was flying back from the States with us on BA. Both of their DC had CP, scabbed over and neither seemed that sick anymore but they were stopped at security and pulled from the flight!'

Good! They may have had other lesions that aren't scabbed over. Glad they are on the ball with people who risk their children's and everyone else's health.

Don't even think about it. My neighbour brought her pox ridden children into a mutual neighbours the other night when I was there and couldn't give a shit. Myself and the other neighbour was absolutely fuming. SO fucking selfish!

Anyone who is concerned about this happening to them/cp complications you can get vaccinated, it cost us £120 per child. But will be great if it saves dds from cp as dd1 gets awful fevers always 40+ and vomitting which then leads to ear infections and burst drums especially as you cant give nurofen with cp we would not be able to control her temp.
Hfm was bad enough and that is meant to be mild!
Dd2 picks scabs and also gets high fevers and vomits.

So why aren't people vaccinating against CP? Obviously some can't but ffs this is avoidable!

We have vaccinated. Dh and I were both severely ill as children with cp. I’m not risking ds’s Health if we have passed on some kind of susceptibility to it.

The rationale for not vaccination g youngsters is that a circulating pool of cp in the young us thoight to keep reprinting the immune systems of older people, reducing shingles.
However. The data is t great quality and you’re effectively using the younger population as a shield for the older - the justification is that it’s generally not a severe infection in children. Of course it can be serious, so the health of the individual is t served by this stance
Other countries have access to the same data and vaccinate. I suspect cost is an issue too.

We vaccinated. He may need a booster or two in later years but rather that than risk how sick dh and I were

Flying with a contagious child is massively unreasonable, selfish and unfair.

Well US and Australia do. Uk doesnt, could be cost, could be it is unproven if it will last so you could get it as an adult. Could be being about can protect old people from shingles (so young kids have to 'suffer' by having it).
Unvax people would get it older as there would be less about to catch.

oh god, thats bad luck. As much as its my favourite time of year to get away as i love a bit of winter sun, its also the riskiest time of year for catching something and then even if you can still fly, its miserable.
How badly does he have it. It will be 5 days by wednesday, so providing theres no complications and not too many spots, it will probably be ok, but id be preparing for not being able to go, and speak to your doctor

If you decide to go the crew can stop you at the gate and request clearance letter and even call a medic to check said child for fitness to fly.
Captain can also refuse entry.

Imho cancel via insurance and reschedule - it sucks we know but better safe for a wee while then severely Ill child on foreign soil.

I am amazed how uneducated some of the posters on here are. CHICKEN POX KILLS MORE ADULTS THAN CHILDREN. Google it if you don't believe it. I was not immune suppressed, but still caught it at 47 and was seriously I'll. Don't subject other people to that risk. Airlines will not let you fly with an infectious disease.

My DD1 has CP so badly we got DD2 vaccinated. It’s not that expensive and very easy to get access to. Plus we’d booked Florida and seen friends have to cancel trips and I didn’t want to have to do that.

Why don’t we vaccinate?? So many countries do!

We have just had the pox and I was surprised how quickly the scabbed. The wee ones disappeared and the big ones weren't itchy. Scabbed after 2/3 days. So you might be in luck. I wouldn't cancel! If you are travelling with family maybe you could book a later flight for you both on the day if they are still abvious/pussy. They are contagious before the spots even arrive. We can't always predict these things. Potentially our eldest is contagious as he hasn't got spots yet. He could fly without question. How is that fair?🤔

Yabu. Of course you cant. Airline if notice say no anyway. If a fellow passager with immune flow with you could could make them vvv ill.

My DS developed CP on day 2 of a 2 week holiday. We had to have a fit to fly letter and the doc in the resort examined him very carefully a couple of times. At the airport he was also examined very carefully too. Quite rightly too, I didn't realise it could be so serious for adults.

This is exactly why I had my DS vaccinated for CP prior to a very expensive holiday. You say you've been saving for a year...
But it does suck when you're looking forward to a lovely holiday. But you clearly need to cancel. Sorry for your disappointment though