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Furious re chickenpox

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Wigwambam10 · 17/12/2018 07:25

I am a TA at DS school.
Lunchtime last Tuesday I saw one of the kids sitting out ready to go home that is in DS class. When I asked his teacher she was really mad and said she saw spots on him as he was getting ready for PE and thought chickenpox. The teacher rang mum who said “oh yes I thought it was but sent him in anyway as he was ok in himself”. Apparently chemist has confirmed chickenpox

During the weekend I had contact with 2 mum from DS class who have both come down with chicken pox

Anyway last night my DS was not himself and this morning had woken up covered in spots. He will miss his nativity play, school Christmas party and all the other good things happening that week. I will also have to take today and tomorrow off to look after him as grandparents can’t help till Wednesday. It also looks like DS is really going to suffer as I think he has then in his eyes whereas this other boys dose was really mild

Livid is not the word. Ok he could have got them anyway but it’s a bloody coincidence. And to top it all off the mum who sent the boy in orginally is a stay at home mum so could not use the excuse she had to get to work.

God knows how many other kids have gone down with it. They have been reversing the nativity with 2 other classes so they have been exposed to it. Also to top it all off DS teacher is pregnant (luckily has had them). How can anyone be so stupid

OP posts:

hannah1992 · 18/12/2018 12:18

My dd1 got it aged 3 at nursery. There wasn't a mark on her when I got her dressed in the morning. Picked her up at lunch still nothing got her undressed for her bath that night and she had them under her arms and on her groin and back of knees. So all places you wouldn't have seen as it was winter. Following day she had them all over. So although mum shouldn't have sent him with the spots he will have infected the others before that.

Earthmover · 18/12/2018 14:56

dementedpixie

CAN catch chickenpox from someone with an active shingles rash

I caught chickenpox from my mum at the age of 34. She'd had a small outbreak of shingles on her back.
We all thought we'd had chickenpox as kids.
I was covered. There wasn't a piece of skin on my back not affected and my stomach and scalp were also a problem.
Doctor referred me to hospital where I was admitted for observation.

Still got the scars.

Would've much preferred them as a kid.

dementedpixie · 18/12/2018 15:44

I didn't say you couldn't. I said it can pass on chicken pox with direct contact with fluid from the shingles blisters. It is not airborne.

dementedpixie · 18/12/2018 15:46

Ah sorry you weren't arguing, just copying what I wrote. Sorry you had chicken pox as an adult too

Greenkit · 18/12/2018 17:32

TVMakesSquareEyes Mon 17-Dec-18 11:12:52

Better to get it when young, rather than older anyway.

Better to never get it. Just vaccinate.

I did vaccinate, my daughter got it at 6months, I was 18, over Christmas as well

Daisychainsandglitter · 18/12/2018 17:41

Both my DDs have recently had chickenpox. My youngest had it first and it took two full weeks before my eldest showed any sign of having it. I was aware that she was in all probability incubating it but what was I supposed to do? Not send her to school for the two weeks that she was incubating it? As it was she duly developed spots and the rest of her class for the past month have fallen foul of it like dominoes. It is unfortunate but I wouldn't be livid. There's nothing that you can do and your DS has probably been infectious for the past two weeks and has passed it on himself.
I hope he recovers soon.

dementedpixie · 18/12/2018 17:52

DS has probably been infectious for the past two weeks

No he hasn't as they are only contagious for 1-2 days before spots appear and until they crust over

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 18/12/2018 18:01

The OP’s DS has probably managed to avoid passing it to anyone in his class given the timing.

Nodancingshoes · 18/12/2018 18:06

Chickenpox is infectious for 10 days before the spots come out. The other mum shouldn't have brought him in but it made no difference, the damage was done before any symptoms showed.

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 18/12/2018 18:08

No it’s 1-2 days. It still wouldn’t make any difference but the infections period Before symptoms is short. It’s just very infectious when you do get it.

Confusedbeetle · 18/12/2018 18:10

Most children will be infectious before the spots come out. It is very infectious and almost impossible to avoid spread. It is not the worst thing to happen to a child in the majority of cases. Better now than as an adult

ChristmasTwatteryDoesMyHeadIn · 18/12/2018 18:13

According to the NHS website, the incubation period for chickenpox is 1-3 weeks, however the person is only infectious for 2 days before the spots come out and roughly 5 days (or until they’re all dried out and scabbed over) after they come out.

How on Earth so many parents haven’t a clue about a basic virus is worrying.

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