DD might have chickenpox after having Covid over Easter, worried!

[MumbleCrumbs]

DD looks like she might be coming down with chicken pox, she is seven and never had it. My concern is that she had Covid two weeks ago, it was mild but I'm so worried it will be tough for little immune system to handle and am in a bit of a flap about it. She has a history of being hospitalised with viruses so I'm just feeling really worried. Does anyone have any experience of chicken pox straight after Covid? Thanks!

Well, it does if you're going to incur those costs. Not necessarily the case.

Hence why I said sometimes.

You said sometimes it's the cheaper option. You didn't use the qualifier when you were talking about things it needed to be weighed up against. It won't need weighing up at all for some people.

I did use the qualifier. It’s all in the same paragraph. ☺️

It’s because it’s not cost effective. You are more likely to end up in hospital with shingles than cp (probably because you are more likely to be older when you have shingles) so it costs the NHS more.

Nope.
What the researchers found was that kids who were vaccinated against chickenpox had a 78% lower risk of developing shingles. And the rate of shingles dropped in the entire group vaccinated and unvaccinated by 72% between 2003 and 2014.
Weinmann said the overall drop was large because so much less of the virus was circulating in the general population.
www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/shingles/news/20190610/chickenpox-vaccine-shields-against-shingles-too

The NHS decided against MMRV due to falling MMR uptake right at the time that the varicella component was about to be added.
By the way, most developed countries do not have "private healthcare" in the US style--and they still vaccinate against CP.

@tomatoandherbs

"Whilst I know that CP can be serious and unpleasant, even then - it is managed at home and the child gets through unscathed fairly quickly in the overwhelming majority of cases

long term - very very little likelihood of long term issues"

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Although rare Chicken pox complications can cause Infection or swelling of the brain (encephalitis, cerebellar ataxia) Bleeding problems (hemorrhagic complications) Bloodstream infections (sepsis) Dehydration.

Also about one in four adults are then at risk of developing shingles later in life.

So I would say that one in four is actually a very very high likelihood of long term issues.

1 in 4 are then at risk of they’ve suffered “rare” complications

so it is 1/4 of those who have suffered rare complications

not 1/5

Sorry I meant

so not 1/4 of all adults

and i don’t regard shingles as a long term health issue
generally clears up after 3 days