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Cold before chickenpox?

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SweetElizaRose · 10/04/2016 07:04

Dd (15 weeks) was exposed to chicken pox the week before last. She developed a cold about three days afterwards which she still has. We are now on day 10 and no spots yet but the cold hasn't gone...
She has no immunity from me as I'm not immune.
Is it common to have a cold beforehand? She's very snotty. Or is the cold just an added bonus that we will have as well as the chicken pox?

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BikeRunSki · 10/04/2016 07:09

My DC were both very run down and coldy before Chicken Pox spots came out. They both got bronchitis straight after too. In my very unscientific study of siblings, it's usually 11-14 days from exposure to spots.

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SweetElizaRose · 10/04/2016 07:11

How long after the exposure did they get a cold? Dd was almost immediately. Is that possible? Unless that was a different cold and this now is the chicken pox...

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BikeRunSki · 10/04/2016 07:13

Within a week. Could be a different cold. Or maybe Hayfever at this time of year?

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SweetElizaRose · 10/04/2016 07:15

Don't think it's hayfever but could be a different cold. It seems to have gotten worse so maybe this is the chicken pox cold?
I'm really hoping she avoids it. She's still so little. Only 8 weeks adjusted as she was prem

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BikeRunSki · 10/04/2016 07:17

Ooh, tiny. DD was 9 months old and that was tiny enough! Whatever your DD has, I hope it's mild and she's over it soon.

insancerre · 10/04/2016 07:17

The incubation period for chicken pox can be up to 21 days between exposure and the spots appearing

Joneseygirl77 · 10/04/2016 07:31

My DD has just got over chickenpox and she was fine leading up to it. She had a mild fever and snotty nose and seemed a bit clingy 2 days before. She's actually had a very bad dose of it too so would have expected more symptoms beforehand.

Nectarines · 10/04/2016 07:58

My son (8 weeks old) caught cp from my 2 yo. His spots appeared 15 days after her first ones did.

DD had cold and cough but she seems to always have those symptoms from about oct to April anyway!

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SweetElizaRose · 10/04/2016 08:03

How did he get on nectarines?
I think 14-16 days is average incubation although I realise it can be 21 days...

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Nectarines · 10/04/2016 08:10

He got his first spots 15 days after 2 yo. He was a bit more whingy and grumpy than usual but only got about ten spots and recovered really well. Hoping for a break from illness now!

FusionChefGeoff · 10/04/2016 08:16

Hi Eliza I remember you from your other thread. Have you been able to see a GP about your anxiety yet? There's still every chance that your DD won't have contracted chicken pox - just because you've been exposed is not an automatic guarantee that she will get it.

Please try not to worry about the cold - that could be all it is.

MiaowTheCat · 11/04/2016 13:45

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