Aaaaargh I have chicken pox!!!!

[BrainSurgeon]

I'm 40 ......Anyone else out there had it as an adult?
Everyone says it's bad, don't know what to expect...

Poor Brian

I had chicken pox in my mid 20s.
The night of the Berkley Square ball, I had a shower and noticed bumps. So being 20 I just got dressed and went to the ball.

I had no anti-virals, I was very itchy but just felt tired and I was fine, just bored, after a week. No scars, no long lasting problems.
Feel better Brian x

DS1 (6) has it at the moment and is having a rough old time of it.

A nurse friend recommended the Vira-Soothe too, and it seemed to make quite a difference - he was only complaining about the spots on his scalp earlier, rather than the 200+ over his body.

I read that the calamine works ok, but looses it's effectiveness once it's dried onto your skin, maybe that's why some say they find the cream better.

Hope you go ok with it.

I had it aged 34 and pregnant at the time. The first couple of days were the worst - aches/flu type thing and the spots all coming out. I found it a struggle to get downstairs or out of bed.

After that, it was OK. Some itchiness from the spots but that was mostly bearable. Damp flannel was good.

I was back at work 10 days later and feeling ok - bit tired but that could have been 3rd trimester pregnancy!

Agree withe previous posts that calamine was useless (and I think made scarring worse). Aloe Vera is opposed to be good.

Good luck!

If you only just got it you may want to get antivirals. It can cause terrible terrible headaches, which can be serious, so if that happens seek medical help straight away.

Glad you got the antivirals, they are only really effective if taken within 48 hours of onset, to keep virus from multiplying. Once the virus has already really multiplied the antivirals cannot do much any more.

Chickenpox can have nasty complications, especially when you get it when older. So I hope you have somebody with you who keeps an eye out and will seek help in a timely manner if necessary. You may get very high fever, so hopefully you are stocked up on paracetamol and ibuprofen.

I don't want to scare you but you may want to look on the NHS website to familiarize yourself with warning signs of complications. All treatable, as long as you seek help in time.

Hope you don't get it too bad, fingers crossed.

Thanks everyone
I think I have a reasonably mild form, spots seem to have stopped coming out and I'm not totally covered, thank goodness.
The worst thing is the headachy- dizziness.... And guess what, the main side effects of both anti-virals (as someone said) AND Piriton are headache and dizziness

Thanks dikk... Our GP sent me a leaflet with my prescription, with all the possible complications and symptoms to watch out for. I was pleasantly surprised!

(By the leaflet that is)

Complications are bloody scary!

brain hope you are starting to feel better. Please, let us know.

Hi, yes I'm feeling much better thank you.
I think I got away with it quite easily, compared to the stories here!
Not a huge amount of spots, they are healing now (a few look absolutely disgusting)
The worst bit was having headaches and feeling dizzy - that took 5 days to clear...

I am so glad. Hope your move goes well.