Chicken pox. Where the hell did she get them from?!

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DD has just come out in the spots, I am certain it is CP, even though she has no other symptoms.

what I cant work out is where she got them from.

We went on hols but where self catering and didnt go anywhere in close contact with other children, even on the beach she didnt play with anyone and we came home 2 weeks ago.

Thanks to no money and work, we have been at home since, so she was playing with her siblings in the garden, not with other children.

Very odd!

It happens. I avoided chickenox all through school, siblings having it, friends, even best friends having it. Then caught it at college where no one else had it at all.

My suspicion is that someone had shingles and didn't realise it, but it may have been a passing in a street one.

Its just weird!

The other 5 all had it during local outbreaks, but she managed to miss the last 2 despite kids in nursery going down with it and then out of the blue, bam, spots!

She seems well in herself, touch wood, so I am hoping it wont be too bad

How did DD do? Have you determined where it came from? I've grown a deeper apprehension now that I realise you can get chicken pox from minimal exposure. I had previously held the assumption that it was almost exclusively transmitted at nursery or primary. I try to sanitise buggies at the shop and wash with those cleanser wipes but I'm sure it doesn't help. I do badly rather my DS get it from primary school. I wonder how commonly tots get it from ordinary shopping or holidays

No idea, we can only think she must have picked up on holiday, although she didnt really have any interaction with kids we didnt know, although there were a couple that get nicking her bucket and spade (which the parents didnt care about....another story).

She is scabbed over now and thankfully only had a couple on her face so we can safely take her out without and judging!

Thanks for asking. Tbh it is better for them to get them as youngsters. It can be serious at any age, but it is far worse for adults than children (in general).

Sorry for typos on new Kindle!

Oh I'm glad your DD made it through. How old is she? We might have a case on our hands but mine is only 2. I can't predict if he will leave his scabs alone.

I had it as an adult, mild nothing case actually. I think I caught it off a guy who was coughing badly at a rugby match, sitting close to us (shingles?).

Alfie you sound very anxious about chicken pox. I know they can be really serious but the vast majority of children are absolutely fine. I know a lot of children who have had them before they were 2 and in all cases they've been grumpy/itchy/irritable for a few days and then got over it. DD is 21 months and had very close exposure a couple of months ago but somehow managed not to pick it up (her leg was in plaster and it was in the middle of the heatwave we had so I wasn't relishing the idea!)

There is so much going around this summer. It's highly contagious especially before spots appear so someone with ot could cough and sneeze nearby and a droplet could be enough to infect. Dd and baby ds both had it a few months ago and lots of others all over the country have had it.