So, talk to me about chicken pox complications...

[silverfrog]

dd2 has chicken pox. she caught it from dd1, and seem sot be following the old wives' tale that if you catch it from a sibling you get it worse - she's pretty bad.

Have read up about it all, and am happy that her wheezy chest isn't pneumonia.

BUT - have read mentions about complications re: eyes. She has a red mark in her left eye, at the bottom edge of her iris (so on the white of her eye) - looks like a graze, I guess, but could be the beginnings of a chicken pox spot? Have phoned doc, and they are absolutely full, but are supposed to be calling me back , so I htought I'd ask here in the meantime...

Dd2 is 14 months, btw

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silverfrog - my DD caught it from DS and had it much worse in terms of coverage of spots etc however DS had awful post pox complications - irritable hip which meant he couldn't walk or weight bear for a week or so it got better and then came back again.

No experience re eyes I am afraid but stock up on the porridge oats

sadly both dds are gluten free, so no oat baths for them...

She doesn't, at this point seem overly bothered by itching - she's a little more irritable than usual, but that's fair enough really.

The joint pain sounds awful - your poor ds!

Only worried about eyes as everyone has told me to be, and now the doc seems to be quite relaxed about ringing back . Will call again in a minute...

martianbishop - is a poster that is very good on all sorts of health issues.

Do a search under her name and see if she is currently around and then go and hijack her she is very nice and reassuring!

Do get the eye checked out.

DS2 had the hip thing after a mild cold. I thought he was having me on. "for goodness sake ds2 will you stand up I need to get you to school' I rang his headteacher to say I thought he must be hamming it up and she told me about post viral hips

Sorry, I don't have much information on this, as I'm not a medic. I think that most of the worst effect on on the chest. Not s=ure if you can get the spots in the eyes, will google for you...

...am trying to get it checked out. Spoke to nhsdirect who agree it should be seen, but doctor not ringing back, and their phone is permanently engaged.

Want it seen this pm, as otherwise it's A&E or out-of-hours doc, with (ASD) dd1 in tow...

Hello yurt and martianbishop

you were both lovely when I was flapping about MMR before we went ot S.Africa recently. Thank you both

Yes I've heard this thing about post-viral hips now.. a friend's child had it. I had no idea.

You can definitely get pocs on the eyes - although not as common as elsewhere. Get to a doctor, there must be something they can prescribe for it.

...finally got through to the surgery again, and we ahven't been forgotten apparently, just still in the (presumeably long) list waiting to be called...

Have the dds' tea on now - what's the betting I get called (and asked to go down to surgery) as soon as they're sat at the table?

sorry, had to do a lightning dash to pick up dh's pain meds

Other people have beaten me to it re the info.

Hope all is well

thanks, mb. sorry to hear you've ahd an emergency dash. Hope all is well as it can be.

I'm still waiting to be called back

am beginnin gto suspect it's not going to happen , which means out of hours doc with dd1 in tow (head explodes at the mere thought).

Wouldn't be worried (much) but for the fact that:

1: it's eyes, and you don't mess around with eyes imo

2: when dd1 got the pox we were on holiday, so had to see doc to get clearance to fly. Doc then mentioned things about nasty complications re eyes (ie come back if oyu suspect eye pox as can be dangerous etc) but dd1 had it mildly, so didn't listen too closely. But now, of course, am bothered.

Ho hum, better get the dds ready to go wait at the clinic for hours.

arsebumtitwankbuggerybollocks.

feckers have gone home, despite assuring me twice over the afternoon that I would be called back by the docotr

wish I'd ignored the fact that she is contagious now, and gone and sat at the surgery until we were seen (no, I don't really mean it, but honestly, everyone I've spoken to has said I should get it looked at, yet they refuse to allow that to happen )

am now in the waiting list for the out of hours doc - god knows what itme that will be.

on your behalf.

Arses. Hope your dc is ok. x

I would suggest that you take her to A&E or an eye casualty if there's one nearby. She needs a proper eye examination with a slit lamp as she may have a corneal ulcer. Most GPs don't have access to this and would probably have to refer you anyway.

Ds3 had a CP in his eye when he had it recently. Sounds almost exactky how you've described your DD2s too.

I took him to the doctor and they said that as it wasn't on the coloured bit it should be fine, it wouldn't affect(effect??? sorry alway muddle them up) his eyesight as it wasn't near the pupil.
That one did take a long time to clear up but it did in the end and didn't lave any marks etc on his eye.

(ds4 caught CP from him and he was really bad. We eneded up at hospital because he was so poorly)

DD is just getting over it. Her cousins had it and she has caught it from them and is covered. She had on in her eyelid. I just gave her antihistemine med and calpol on spots on skin (not eye)and eventually they all started to scab, she still has a small spot in her bottom eyelid but it is much better. It can be that they get them in theer eys and mouth in extreme cases. DD has had them everywhere (even down below and loads of them!)

It would be worth getting the one in the eye if you are able to get in tomorrow morn? otherwise A&E, as sometimes they can cause conjunctivitis.

Hope you get it sorted and your dd gets better. Mine has now got a nasty cough and cold think its becouse her immune system was low.

stick to your guns and get seen by out of ours doc.We waited and waited for our doc to ring back and I had my DH covered and sooo sick and a 5 month old both having caught it from dd1.They were a million times worse than dd1 and the doc never rang back and I chased and chased.Its worse for siblings something to do with being exposed to the infection again and again from being in close proximity as you would in a family.I felt like going down to the surgery as they had little interest in the severity of what was going on in our home.They were getting more covered by the minute.In the end the doctor prescribed a liquid form of anti viral stuff suitable for babies but didn't tell me no one would have it!!I was forced to put the baby in the car and drive from pharmacy to pharmacy in our area,leaving her in the car with my recovering 10 yr old whilst i ran in to see who had it.Doc surgery was closed, rang some pharmacies and visited others in absolute desperation as they said the medicine would only make any significant diff if you took it within 48 hrs of spots appearing...You need to really push for the service you deserve.It can b tough because you'd expect to concentrate on looking after the children.Good luck,try not to tear hair out!!!

well,

I rang the out of hours doc, and got put on the list.
In the meantime I rang dh to see if he was (by any miraculous chance) on his way home so I wouldn't have to drag (autistic) dd1 out after I'd put her to bed. He suggested I ring the surgery again, and see if i could leave a message registering my displeasure (!) - I had fully intended to leave it til Monday to talk through why no-one bothered ringing back.

So I did. I had no idea whehter the answerphone actually took messages, but left a ranting message anyway, along the lines of

"well, thank you for the service that you have provided. I have waited all afternoon to be called back about my ill daughter, and even checked twice to make sure that we wouldn't be overlooked, as the matter is concerning, and it is difficult to be seen over the weekend, should it get any worse.

"I am glad to see that no one actually cares whether patients are worried or not.

"I have just phoned the out of hours service, and they have told me it will be well after 8pm by the time we are seen. So I will have to drag both children out again having put them to bed. One is highly contagious, and one is autistic. I expect that will be nice and easy."

2 minutes later the doctor rang back and said "I heard the last part of your message..."

So, I nipped down to the surgery, and got dd2 seen. The upshot is GP is confident that all ok at the moment, and we need to keep an eye on it over the weekend.

suspect we are off the GP's christmas card list, though

don't worry about the christmas card list.I'm glad you didn't have to drag them both out.Its just making a hard thing,harder...well done...you did well.

well, still had to take dd1 (it's bedtime! it's bedtime! let's go home, it's bedtime! time to go UPSTAIRS!) with me, but at least did it before doing whole bedtime routine thing...

Good for you

Sometimes you just have to stamp your feet to get what you want.

ah i see you did take them both...but tiny bit easier than getting out of bed but not as good as if you'd been dealt with properly earlier...routine.no one likes a disrupted routine.they know they should be going to bed and r not up for going out especially if autistic i guess?you must be ready to put kettle on atleast... take care