eek! ds1 has spots but he's been vaccinated against chicken pox - what is it?

[Romy7]

single red raised spots, all over body popping up now, not crusty, no temp, quite cheerful... i give up? he's had mmr etc...
any guesses?

as in - mmr a long time ago lol, he's 6 now... not a post vaccination rash...

Are they pussey [sp]?

If they are then it could be chickenpox.

not yet - but they could be by morning... but he's not supposed to get chicken pox!!!

I doubt he's been vaccinated against chicken pox, has he?

Sorry, that sounded arsey... I mean, has he been vaccinated against CP? Most children aren't.

CP starts out as 'dewdrops on a rosepetal' and usually on the torso.
MMR doesn't vaccinate against CP by the way.

Mmr doesn't vacinate against chicken pox does it ?

lol policywonk - he was born in canada and it's routine to vaccinate alongside mmr there... so yes, he has it's a standard jab. i've got two that have been jabbed for chicken pox and one nhs baby who hasn't... and he's not the nhs baby...

Maybe it's a UK strain! It's really not that bad - ds had it last week.

Ah right

I am clueless then, sorry.

its not 100%

oh, i know... but i'm a bit thrown by the possibility
and dd2 (who's the nhs variety so bound to be next in line) has cerebral palsy and has just started yr r - i could really do without chicken pox this week lol...
any other possibilities you can think of?
normally i'm quite good at 'guess the rash' but this has taken me by surprise...

not 100%? really? that might explain it then...

Friend's daughter was immunised in the US for CP... but still caught it in UK. I don't think it is entirely effective.

I thought that one of the reasons chicken pox vaccine isn't given in this country is that it's only 60% or so effective. Not completely sure of the details, but it's something like that.

Same for my friend's children after vaccination in australia - both caught it over here within the year!

ah... will consult dr google once i've found his red book... then i can check which jab it was etc...
i guess i'll know by morning anyway

CP vax not always effective. Certainly sounds like the pox.......

Probably CP and hopefully will be milder than normal because of the vaccination.

Fwiw, I had the standard childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps & whooping cough but I still went on to have all 3.

STG - some people have all the luck, eh?

Romy just noticed you're in leafy Hampshire too. My DS has come up with spots today also! DD had it last week, really hoping the baby won't get it too.

The chicken pox vaccine is crap, its efficacy rates are very low. Infact there are loads of reported cases of chickenpox caused by the vaccine, and increasing numbers of children getting shingles from the vaccine, because if you get chicken pox and the virus does not finish off properly you get shingles in later life. Chicken pox is a vax you dont need unless you are chronically ill, Its even been admitted by governments that its not about the severity of the disease, its about the amount of time taken off work by parents to nurse kids, and the effect on the economy.

I have been vaccinated against chicken pox. I had to be as DD2 caught it whne I was 38wks pregnant with DD3 and I was not immune, and it is very dangerous to catch it late pregnancy/be born with it.

it didn't work!

I did get it, DD3 WAS born with it, it has left her with health problems and an impared immune system, and neither of us still have antibodies to it and so DD3 gets it almost everytime it does the rounds, or gets ill with something else as her immunity is low.

soooo.......the vaccine, in my case and IMHO, does not work!

blimey - who knew it'd cause such a stir... pretty sure it's chicken pox, more spots today and a few looking more like proper pox spots...
in my defence - all the peer group kids had the jab alongside mmr - and although we could have opted out, as he'd had rsv and double pneumonia at 11 weeks, we were advised not to opt out as catching it could have more severe implications due to lung scarring etc... (although that seems to be have been a null point as so far he's had no repercussions from the rsv...)
buckets - looks like it's doing the rounds here again then!
beeper - that's def not the official line in north america, not with the lovely gory leaflets full of general death, deafness and destruction caused by chicken pox. i'd love to see the links where the governments have admitted why they push it though if you've got them handy.
PAMM - that sounds like a nightmare. damned if you do, damned if you don't and all that.