chicken pox

[jocie]

ok so whats the general consensus on taking ds2 to the docs with chicken pox? Do i need to take him or not? All they will do is confirm it and im 99% sure it is chicken pox as more have appeared in the last 10 mins!

i didn't with my DC - it was pretty obvious to me when it appeared so made sure i had every lotion/mousse/priton, etc, going and stayed in for a week!!

Hope you DS is over it asap.

I think they prefer you don't take them in

sounds like a lot of trouble for them just to confirm what you already know.

if you do go, mention it when you book the appointment/ when you get there as they might get you to wait in a seperate room as chicken pox can be quite dangerous for pregnant women, elderly, people having chemo etc- whi

i hope he feels better soon!

At our surgery they specifically ask that you don't bring in children with suspected c pox. They say to ring for advice instead.

There could be vulnerable people in the waiting room who haven't had it and you'd hate to pass it on to babies, pregnant women etc I'm sure.

Good luck - just think how good it'll be to have it behind you

They prefer you not to take them as it's infectious and Drs surgeries are often full of vulnerable people. You should only go if there are complications or something seems particularly worrying (rarely can develop bad side effects where they can get very ill but unlikely without an underlying problem)

I didn't take dd1 in, I did take dd2 in after calling NHS direct (was over Easter) as she had one right on her tear duct. If it hadn't been for that, I wouldn't have bothered.

I should have been put in a side room but they didn't have any so I sat well away from everyone else. Although she was covered in spots so no kmissing what she had!

We only took our poxy DS in (to an OOH service) when he got a fairly horrendous chest infection as a complication.

He got it from nursery and they warned us they'd had a few cases before he got ill, so combined with a quick call to NHS Direct (because I was, at the time, useless about not panicking when he was unwell) we decided he didn't need to be seen at first.

Hope your DS isn't too miserable with it?

No, don't take them in. Watch out for any complications or if you are worried phone them and ask for advice. Mostly it's a straight forward childhood disease, and mostly they are just very itchy, but there can be complications which can be nasty in a very small number of cases.

those are all the reasons why i didn't think it was necessary. ds1 had it when he was 7 months and iv been waiting for ds2 (3) to have it and am so glad that he's got it before he starts school in sept.
The only thinking behind gps was to get lotions etc on pescription as no idea if he'll need them (didnt bother with ds1 as he was only 7 months so didnt really scratch, just used calpol if he was seeming ill) and so didnt want to go spending shed loads on creams if i didnt have too

I used piriton liquid on dd1 - worked a dream. She hated the calomine lotion so I got something called virasoothe from Boots.

Just out of interest, why aren't kids vaccinated against chicken pox? It's standard here (continental Europe) and I think in the US too.

Not deemed to be a serious enough illness to vaccinate against plus there is also something about what it does to immunity to shingles (but can't remember what it is).

Per my cynical dr dad who has seen a few nasty cases, it's cos it is too expensive