Chicken pox

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I was rather surprised at today's "tip" encouraging you not to avoid people with chicken pox. I just want to point out that chicken pox is not always very mild. My boys had it last summer, ages 1 and 3, so relatively young - it's supposed to be easier. And they were both utterly miserable, and quite ill, with high fevers etc., for quite some time. We knew we had been exposed, so avoided contact with others before the spots even appeared, and then the illness lasted so long, it felt like it completely wiped out the summer. It was an 'ideal' time for us - we didn't miss any major events or any school or nursery time, but if I had deliberately exposed them at that time I would have felt dreadful at inflicting that upon them.

So you may want to think again before deliberately putting your child through this.

I can find tea tree oil no problem,wonder if that would work too.I can't find any evening prim oil anywhere.Body shop seems to have disappeared where I live.I'll get some vit e oil then.

Star, have a look in the vitamin section of Boots, Tescos etc. They do capsules of oil you can prick with a pin and squeeze out. they're the ones you usually swallow.

Oh what a twoddle I am-and there I was staring at the rows and rows of e prim oil capsules thinking -don't want those ones.Sometimes things are just 'literally'staring you in the face aren't they.Thanks Souperdoup for coming up with the goods again

Thank you for your kind consideration, SoupDragon... however I'm only 8 days away from freedom after the last exposure to chickenpox (and still not got it) and absolutely desperate to go back to my mums & babies group who have two pregnant mums in it!! If I'm in isolation from them any longer I'll be climbing the walls.

Am now hoping we haven't got it! I know, I'm fickle.

GeorginaA, if the mums have had CP then there is no risk to the baby. The only risk would be if their other child(ren) caught it in time to pass it onto the newborn.

I only found this out after avoiding a couple of pregnant friends last summer for no good reason (as DSs didn't get it then).

That's the problem - one of the mums is due any minute and her ds hasn't had it yet. Other mum has checked with nhsdirect and isn't too happy about taking the risk either and that's fair enough. It's only a minor inconvenience me not going out to see them, and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if they did catch it

I know what you mean! It's just very galling when your child doesn't catch it after all that self imposed quarantine

I was sooo tempted to take DS1 to the pantomime as I was sure he was over the contagious bit but wasn't prepared to take the risk.

Still don't see why DS2 can't go to nursery since all the children there have had it or are in the process of catching it There seems to be more spotty children turning up there every time I look!

Can someone tell me if there is a temperature or malaise before the spots appear. I had it at 19, so long ago that I can't remember.

DS is in bed with temp of 39 degrees and off his food and there is Chicken pox at the nursery. I wonder if he is incubating at the moment as hasn't been well or ill all day. will wait up for a reply, no pressure

Also, is it true that CP is more common at easter, would rather he had it now than easter 'cos will hopefully have a newborn then and don't want any frights. Thanks

Have to go to bed soon..

Anyone??

Hi clucks - FWIW, my dd felt grotty a couple of days before the spots came out and much better once they did. The spots themselves didn't cause much problem - not too itchy etc. The boredom at being quarantined was the worst bit (or was that just me? )

Most definitely, Clucks. As well as being off colour/runny nose mine were very bad tempered. DD1 was 13 when she had it. She had a blazing row with a teacher at school, which is so unlike her, then she came out in spots the very next day!

I don't know about the Easter thing but I've heard some people say it's more common in summer. Of my four, two had it in summer, two in winter (Xmas, in fact) so I wouldn't really like to hazard a guess as to whether that's right!

Oh dear, I'm feeling very off-colour today and ds is grizzly too. Got a sore throat and feeling slightly "fluey" and the timing is about right (15 days after chickenpox exposure) - I really hope this is just a mild virus though was looking forward to getting out of quarantine soon!

Um... neither DS1 or DS2 showed any signs of illness before the spots appeared. Just to be different.

Not yet Batters Guess I've got something to look forward to.

Thanks.

Batters, missed you by a minute last night as flaked out. Will see if he comes home a bit spotty today.

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Well we're on day 17 and still no spots. I feel slightly fluey but then dh has had a bad cold so that's a possibility. ds now appears to be teething today - woke up inconsolable, one cheek flame red and he's continually shoving fingers in his mouth. Baby nurofen and bonjela later he seems only grizzly. So ... shrug... maybe we're still due for spots, who can tell. 4 more days to freedom!

Look ma no spots!

Now if I can just organise a vaccination for myself before the next scare, lol!

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My friend's child was quite quick - fading well by just less than a week, seemed all gone by two weeks. A little girl at nursery was quite badly affected and seemed to last a little longer than that.

The little boy I look after got his first spot on Thursday last week, he has not been ill at all although has a lot of spots. They dried up very quickly and he is at nursery this morning.

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Good news! GP has agreed to let me have the vaccination. 2 doses 8 weeks apart and can't conceive until 3 months after course finished (so it was 5/6 months ish as I thought). Bad news. It's a live virus so I have to avoid vunerable people.

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Just what I need, more isolation.

Still, at least I won't be isolated and really ill as well!