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Does chickenpox always=lots of blisters?

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Beauregard · 26/02/2007 21:53

DD1 has a temperature and feels unwell,off her food(unusual for her)headache and about 8 faint spots on her body and approx 4 substancial 'headed'ones.

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Beauregard · 27/02/2007 19:51

Thanks ScottishThistle

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BettySpaghetti · 27/02/2007 19:55

Hopefully she won't get too many more spots PFNM. When DD had it (when she was about 14m) she only had about 6 spots.

I'm half expecting DS to get it as its been going round at nursery (although not in his room and he only goes 2 mornings a week). I'd rather he caught it now and got it out of the way as I was 19 when I had it and had millions of spots - so not a good look for a 19yr old

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Beauregard · 27/02/2007 20:00

I bet your name back then was BettySpottotti

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BettySpaghetti · 27/02/2007 20:02

Boom Boom

(don't give up your day job!)

ScoobyDooooo · 27/02/2007 20:03

I am having the same dilema CP is going round ds's pre-school & he has not had them yet, i have notived a few spots on his back they are red but not blistery, he seems quite cherpy but a bit hot, will wait & see what the morning brings, fingers crossed

BettySpaghetti · 27/02/2007 20:04

Have you already had it PFNM?

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Beauregard · 27/02/2007 20:06

Thankfully yes ive had it Betty

Hope your ds doesn't get it too bad scooby!

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 27/02/2007 20:08

DD only had a few spots for a few days, and then within 8 hours she was covered head to toe.

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Beauregard · 27/02/2007 20:08

so she isn't out of the woods yet .

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BettySpaghetti · 27/02/2007 20:11

Just remembered a tip I read (on here?) - to entertain children with chicken pox give them some calamine lotion and a paintbrush and let them join the dots, either on themselves or each other .

Hours of fun!

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Beauregard · 27/02/2007 20:13

lol
Shame i bought calamine cream.

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 27/02/2007 20:26

Get some eurax cream/lotion and some piriton syrup too.

BettySpaghetti · 28/02/2007 13:41

Any more spots today PFNM?

Jbck · 28/02/2007 15:03

DD had it at Xmas (what a kind Santa) she only got 5 spots in total but was quite poorly & ended up with an accompanying chest infection which GP says is not uncommon. Hopefully although not a lot of spots other symptoms were quite bad so Dr didn't seem to think she'd get it again. Only one spot on her face just beside her eyebrow & she managed to knock it off whilst washing her face so she's a lovely wee scar, funnily enough I have one in almost exactly the same place from CP as a child.
Hope your LO is feeling a bit better & not too spotty.

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Beauregard · 28/02/2007 20:09

Well today she is feeling even worse
Lots of spots keep appearing now and she still cant shake this temperature and cough, and she was sick again today despite not really eating.We are on number 2 of the lost spot heads.
I think i might give her some Medised tonight as she hasn't slept all day.

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ScottishThistle · 28/02/2007 20:10

Oh poor wee thing, medised's a godsend though!

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