Sending a 3yo to nursery with chicken pox

lilymay1

grey_lady wrote: »

. The GP was insistent that it wasn't Chicken Pox the first week but hand, foot and mouth - which (although highly contagious) children are still allowed to attend school/nursery.

Anybody sending a child with hand, foot and mouth to nursery needs a good slap. It is a horrible, horrible illness and aside from being very contagious it makes the sufferer feel like they've been hit by a bus.

I caught it from my son last year and I was off work for just shy of 3 weeks. I have never ever felt so horrendous.

cutestkids

grey_lady wrote: »

Don't think chicken pox has been fatal to anyone in the UK recently so thanks for the hysterical mis-information postings.

Chicken pox takes time for the spots to appear, so a child can have it for a good week before the spots actually appear.

My LO caught it at nursery, as did every other LO. The GP was insistent that it wasn't Chicken Pox the first week but hand, foot and mouth - which (although highly contagious) children are still allowed to attend school/nursery. Nursery nurse was hinting that sometimes GP's are wrong and low and behold LO came out in full blown chicken pox.

It's like brothers and sisters at nursery they will all get it,

and yes, chicken pox is much less serious to catch as a child than as an adult

Really ? it kills approx 20 people each year and that's before the risk to pregnant women who if they catch it can miscarry or have a baby with problems including blindness and deafness.

It may seem like a small amount of people to you but having been through two pregnancies before having chickenpox myself it is a constant worry for a pregnant woman who is not immune.

As for hysterical misinformed postings I do not see any on this thread just people giving the facts.

BillyB

By the time the spots come out, its usually already been passed around but as already said it is wrong to suggest seding them to nursery with chicken pox.

grey_lady

Apologies to anyone I've offended I was referring to straight forward cases of chicken pox, its the rare complications from chicken pox that are dangerous, pneumonia, septicaemia, meningitis and additionally in pregnancy encephalitis hepatitis and foetal varicella syndrome all of which are extremly serious and potentially fatal.

If anyone is worried then there is a vaccine available privately - the NHS don't offer it routinely due to concerns about adults / elderly catching both chicken pox and shingles but its routinely offered in other countries.

And again apologies to anyone i've offended.