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Chicken pox or MMR rection - either way how contafious???

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Ab31 · 17/12/2007 23:28

My DD (12 months) and I are due to spend Christmas with my sis and nephew (4) who has today come out in spots all over. We reckon its either chicken pox or a reaction to the MMR booster. Either way is it contagious? DS says that with CP, once the spots appear there's no risk but I don't know if she's just saying that...! Or if it's MMR measles is that contagious to babies? She hasn't yet had MMR...
Confused!
Thanks!

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yurt1 · 17/12/2007 23:33

It should be fairly easy to distinguish between the 2! If Cp spots are contagious until scabbed over. Personally I wouldn't worry about chickenpox exposure unless I had a particular reason to as she will get exposed to it at some stage.

MMR reaction supposedly shouldn;t be passed on. If it is it would only be the same thing as she'll be getting very soon anyway.

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Ab31 · 18/12/2007 07:47

Yeah but at Christmas???!

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HereComeTheGirls · 18/12/2007 07:50

the MMR reaction is 100% NOT contagious!

yurt1 · 18/12/2007 07:57

well it takes 14 to 21 to incubate iirc so won't be at christmas.

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