Chicken pox 'party'

liuhut

My DD1 came down with it the last week of term so it has been two weeks in doors for us. DD2 came down with it on Wednesday so another two weeks....a cheap summer hols !! Personally I would still see them as he might not have even caught it...it took my DD2 over two weeks to come out in spots and she had been with the sister constantly

atm_3

liuhut wrote: »

My DD1 came down with it the last week of term so it has been two weeks in doors for us. DD2 came down with it on Wednesday so another two weeks....a cheap summer hols !! Personally I would still see them as he might not have even caught it...it took my DD2 over two weeks to come out in spots and she had been with the sister constantly

There's an incubation period of around 2 weeks so it takes that long between the exposure and coming out in spots

liuhut

Yeah I know but it was well over the two weeks...suppose I was hoping that we had got away with it with her for now...only just kept my sanity with the first one!!

atm_3

liuhut wrote: »

Yeah I know but it was well over the two weeks...suppose I was hoping that we had got away with it with her for now...only just kept my sanity with the first one!!

I think it can be up to 3 weeks

freebie_junkie

you never know- she could be like me and never get immune- ive had it 3 times so far

wendym

pboae wrote: »

I'd have thought the only people who could you advise you in this is your GP/HV/ etc, Chicken Pox can be very serious, whatever your age.




Chicken Pox can't trigger shingles, but someone with a Shingles outbreak can infect someone else with Chicken Pox.

After getting shingles in my eye (not recommended), and being under hospital surveillance for life, I can say that the consultants I see insist that chickenpox can trigger shingles in anyone who has already had chickenpox.

Edited to add this from medline:

"If an adult or child is exposed to the herpes zoster virus and has not had chickenpox as a child or received the chickenpox vaccine, a severe case of chickenpox may develop, rather than shingles."

pboae

wendym wrote: »

Edited to add this from medline:

"If an adult or child is exposed to the herpes zoster virus and has not had chickenpox as a child or received the chickenpox vaccine, a severe case of chickenpox may develop, rather than shingles."

Yes, if someone is first exposed to the virus in the form of shingles, they can catch chicken pox.

The triggers for shingles aren't fully known, although stress and being run down are often factors, but there is no evidence that re-exposure to the virus is a factor.

http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/shingles.html
You cannot do much to avoid shingles. It is not caught from contact with someone with shingles or with chickenpox.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=97
People with shingles are contagious to those people who have not had chickenpox. However, it is not possible to catch shingles from a person who has chickenpox.

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40024951/
It is not possible to catch shingles from chicken pox as the former represents a resurgence of a dormant virus.