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Chickenpox

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Mark T

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The children of one of our friends has contracted chickenpox (poor them) however, we are all planning a party this coming bank holiday Monday. There is a bit of a risk that one of the others might actually be contagious by then.

I've not had chickenpox 😱 Is there any reason other then just the desire to not risk my little boy getting it that we should avoid that party.

Personally we both would like to go to the party, but I'm not fancying having a grumpy boy. The organiser would have difficulty delaying it as she has already ordered the meat for the BBQ.
 
having chicken pox as a youngster isnt too bad - my two (5 and 9) had it a while ago, it takes about 2 weeks for the spots to come up and they can have mild flew like symptoms. its also very very easy to catch.

but as an adult chicken pox can be really nasty - so if you do get it make sure you take very good care of yourself.

🙂
 
Medical opinion on pox parties is divided, to say the least. Even though you and your son haven't had chickenpox, you and he might have acquired enough immunity to prevent getting infected. However, I really think you should ask NHS Direct or your GP, who probably knows your and your son's medical history better than anyone else, for advice.
 
It takes 10 days for incubation period for chicken pox. You would feel generally under the weather before spots come out. Have you been with the kiddie 10 days before his/.her spots came out were they feeling poorly?

If anyone near you has had chicken pox and comes into contact with one, then they can get shingles.
 
Apart from shingles you can also get chicken pox more than once. I got chicken pox for the first time when I was 21. I was at a party and I felt like my head had been bitten over and over, everytime I got a new itch it was a new spot. My friend jokingly said i bet you have chicken pox. Woke up the next day feeling a bit rough, that evening I had red marks on my tummy so I went to A&E (I was doing my nurse training and lived at the hospital in the nurses home), the Dr wasn't sure and said it was probably a reaction to soap or soap powder..!!! Even though I had a temp over 39. Went back to my room and felt really ill throughout the night. Next morning went to see my GP at Occ Health and I walked in the door and the nurse took one look at me and said chicken pox, put me in a side room, Dr came and saw me, called the infectious diseases hospital down the road and the Sister of Occ Health drove me down there. Was in hospital for about 10 days with infected chicken pox blisters.. if you are an adult that gets chicken pox it can effect your lungs.
 
veganlass said:
It takes 10 days for incubation period for chicken pox. You would feel generally under the weather before spots come out. Have you been with the kiddie 10 days before his/.her spots came out were they feeling poorly?

If anyone near you has had chicken pox and comes into contact with one, then they can get shingles.
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That's a good point we had a few of our NCT group around for a playdate just 10 days ago, although not since. The little girl picked up the chicken pox from her nursery where it has been going around.

It's a bit unfortunate that just before a party that (as a group) we have been planning for a while that one person's child catches the pox and the child of the host goes to the same nursery!
 
Chicken pox is infectious even before the spots come out! And the younger the child the worse the infection same as with adults if they've haven't had them before! Also what's got to be remembered is that even before the spots are showing it's infectious and then continuals to be infectious until the last spot is scabbed over..

I don't agree with chickpox parties at all more so after my daughter caught them when she was just 18 months old, did the poor might suffer it was horrible she came very near to being admitted to hospital and had to have 2 courses of antibiotics😱 Has all her blisters became very infected...

My other 2 who caught them the normal way same as I did when I was a youngster via primary school had a fair better time of it apart from the itching involved..
 
Chicken pox is the only childhood illness that can be picked up of such things as bedding etc, as the spots are infectious when they all off and are still wet.

As far as I remember, the only way you can get chicken pox twice is when it becomes shingles. The virus stays in your body your lifetime and if you are a bit under the weather and not well and you come into contact with chicken pox it comes out as shingles
 
Oooh, you *really* don't want to catch chickenpox as an adult. I did, and it truly sucked. Agonising torture.
 
You can also get shingles at any age after you've had chickon Pox, as this is what happened to my friend Chicken pox in primary school then came down with shingles when he was 12 years old and shingles don't always appear around the trunk of the body..

As in the case of my friend his shingles was around his eyes/forehead which has left him permently scared in that area causing a lot of problems for him..
 
Carly had chickenpox 3 weeks after dx last June, sadly its took her longer to heal because of her low immue and the scars on her feet are still bad, she still being seen by a skin specialist and he said diabetes made the healing slower, may take up to 2 years!
 
The only childhood disease I caught in childhood is mumps, ay face swelled up on one side and then when that went down the other side swelled up in turn - I've since burned the photographs. Back in the dark ages when I was a child if a kid got something all the mums would be round there with their weans hoping they'd get it too, but I never did. They had [insert chosen disease] parties because it was better to get the lurgy as a child than later on.
 
can chickenpox in adult males make them infertile? or did i magic that from somewhere?

my youngest son caught chickenpox when he was 10 days old... really ill and in hospital but my eldest and myself has never had it........ yet!
 
hotchop said:
can chickenpox in adult males make them infertile? or did i magic that from somewhere?
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I've read that as well, there are theories that the fever can do permanent damage although the probability is given as low.
 
It's mumps that is best known for causing infertility if contracted by adult males. But virtually all so-called childhood infections are far moer unpleasant if contracted in adulthood. At least there are vaccines now given to children to prevent them getting measles, mumps and rubella (german measles). There is a vaccine against chickenpox / varicella zoster, but it isn't given routinely.
 
I had it when I was about 7 - can remember dipping my willy in a tub of calamine lotion...

Anyone seen the south park episode??
 
My 3 year old grandson recently had Chicken Pox and my daughters doc told her to keep him away from me, just in case. It was agony not being able to give him a cuddle, but with my D being a bit out of control at the moment and me just starting on the Byetta it was decided it wasn't worth the risk. My mum had Shingles when she was about my age and it was dreadful. XXXXX
 
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