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To ask if this is chickenpox?

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Metalhead · 27/11/2018 16:36

Posting here for traffic. DD2 had the chickenpox vaccine earlier this year but now has suspicious spots on her face. I know the vaccine is only 98% effective, but what makes me wonder whether it could be something else is that she’s absolutely fine, not itchy at all and the spots are only around one ear and on one cheek. So, what does the collective MN wisdom make of this?

To ask if this is chickenpox?
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Enidblyton1 · 27/11/2018 16:39

It doesn’t quite look like CP, and I also think it would be v unlikely to just be in one small area. (But I’m not a doctor...)

Di11y · 27/11/2018 16:45

it's not classic - starting on torso and spreading quickly, also neither of my girls got many on their faces. maybe hand foot and mouth??

SylviaAndSidney · 27/11/2018 16:48

It doesn’t look like chicken pox, it could be slapped cheek syndrome.

Metalhead · 27/11/2018 16:59

Don’t think it’s slapped cheek, looking at pictures of the rash. Could be HFM, though I can’t see any spots in her mouth, or on hands and feet.

The spots are definitely forming tiny blisters and one from yesterday is now scabbed over. Maybe the fact she had the vaccine means she’s only having a very mild case, hence no spots anywhere else...?

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