Illness before the chicken pox spots?

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DS an DD played with a little boy last weekend who developed chicken pox during the week. DD and DS are now running a fever and generally feeling unwell. In your experience is this how chicken pox starts or do the spots come first?

Just wondering if we are going to have a spotty Christmas!!!!

I think it may be the start, but i didnt realise my ds was ill until the spots appeared, after that he had slight temp and was slightly off colour - although apart from the spots he was ok really - hope your two are ok

Thanks ptmum, there are so many bugs going round at the mooment it might just be a coincidence, I'm trying to second guess what's going on which of course I can't!!!

It's funny I'm so ready to give advice to other mums when their children have CP now I think mine have got it I have so amny unanswered questions - you live and learn they say

ds had them recently and did not have any symptoms at all. he only had 3 spots on body but massess on head. scabs are still coming off now.

Thanks for sharing your experiences - DD now has a very red throat so wondering if it's more like a case of tonsilitis.

it's only contagious a day or two before spots appear (when they may seem otu fo sorts) and then takes at least 10 days to appear so probably a coincidence.