Chicken Pox Help????

[Ears]

Please don't take her in unless other symptoms show up. If she does have chicken pox every child in the waiting room will be exposed. If she gets worse and need to take her in tells someone at the clinic right away so that they can put you in a separate room not around other kids. Hope she stays feling ok and the rash turns out to be nothing.

 

[tartemis]

FWIW -- my now 22 month old daughter broke out in a similar sounding rash a few months ago. It was limited to her torso and then spread out a little bit on her arms. Interestingly, my dad (her grandfather) got the same rash -- nobody else in our family got it. The one constant is that both of them had recently been swimming in a new pool several times (I had gone in the pool, too, however.)

My daughter had not been vaccinated against the chicken pox (we aren't anti-vaccine, she just was sick at her 18-month appointment and didn't want to give it to her then and haven't gotten around to making it up yet), so I was worried, but my doctor wasn't. He said it was either a virus or a reaction to the pool. It lasted about 3 to 4 days and went away. We had no other symptoms either.

 

[SLK1]

Please don't take her in unless other symptoms show up. If she does have chicken pox every child in the waiting room will be exposed. If she gets worse and need to take her in tells someone at the clinic right away so that they can put you in a separate room not around other kids. Hope she stays feling ok and the rash turns out to be nothing.

But isn't that what the vaccine is for? I mean, all kids are vaccinated at 12 months. Unless you're the one in ten who gets it anyway, then what is the problem? I did stay away from my 11-month-old nephew, but other moms aren't worried at all.

 

[livndisney]

Please don't take her in unless other symptoms show up. If she does have chicken pox every child in the waiting room will be exposed. If she gets worse and need to take her in tells someone at the clinic right away so that they can put you in a separate room not around other kids. Hope she stays feling ok and the rash turns out to be nothing.

I'm sorry I don't understand the advice to not take a child to the doctor for fear of exposing other children. If you can't take a sick child to the doctor when do you take them? Personally I wish the person who exposed my child to the chicken pox HAD taken their child to the doctor and had been advised how to care for a child with chicken pox. Then perhaps, my child (and others I am sure) would not have gotten the pox at all.

To the OP, if you think your child should be seen by the DR, by all means take her. I know our DR office even has a little "sick kid" room. Hope you DD is doing better.

 

[SLK1]

I'm sorry I don't understand the advice to not take a child to the doctor for fear of exposing other children. If you can't take a sick child to the doctor when do you take them? Personally I wish the person who exposed my child to the chicken pox HAD taken their child to the doctor and had been advised how to care for a child with chicken pox. Then perhaps, my child (and others I am sure) would not have gotten the pox at all.

To the OP, if you think your child should be seen by the DR, by all means take her. I know our DR office even has a little "sick kid" room. Hope you DD is doing better.

Oh, I would definitely take my child to the doctor if it was necessary; to stay away is absolutely ridiculous and if that was the case, doctor's offices would be for well visits only! This time however, I'm confident it will run its course and there is nothing that can be done.

As for the person who exposed your child to chicken pox...the incubation period is up to, I believe 10 days, at which time the child harboring the illness is contagious. Anyone around that child is now exposed, and the child has not one single symptom yet. It's not about knowing how to take care of the child who has already broken out...it's just about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are some moms out there I know who would rather their child catch it and deal with it naturally than deal with all these extra vaccines. It's really not fair to blame someone for spreading an illness when they have no idea they even have it.

 

[livndisney]

Oh, I would definitely take my child to the doctor if it was necessary; to stay away is absolutely ridiculous and if that was the case, doctor's offices would be for well visits only! This time however, I'm confident it will run its course and there is nothing that can be done.

As for the person who exposed your child to chicken pox...the incubation period is up to, I believe 10 days, at which time the child harboring the illness is contagious. Anyone around that child is now exposed, and the child has not one single symptom yet. It's not about knowing how to take care of the child who has already broken out...it's just about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are some moms out there I know who would rather their child catch it and deal with it naturally than deal with all these extra vaccines. It's really not fair to blame someone for spreading an illness when they have no idea they even have it.

And yes I know all about the incubation period:

Contagiousness
Chickenpox is contagious from about 2 days before the rash appears and lasts until all the blisters are crusted over. A child with chickenpox should be kept out of school until all blisters have dried, usually about 1 week. If you're unsure about whether your child is ready to return to school, ask your doctor.

Without going into a lot of detail. We have a pretty good idea where my DD got it. The person in question also exposed a very young baby all because they did not want to cancel their vacation. So this was not a case of someone not knowing.

As I said OP, I hope your DD is feeling better soon.

 

[Ears]

It doesn't sounds like the child is sick. Other than a rash. What I'm saying is don't take her in unless she's sick with other symptoms. There is a very good chance she could be exposing her child to infants who have not had their shots yet, because they are too young. I also said if she did need to bring her in to let someone at the clinic know so she would be separted from the other kids.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Something called Fifth's Disease went around DS's school just before the end of the year, and that can cause a rash of tiny red bumps. I was told most kids start with red cheeks, then arms/legs, then torso. But DS just just seemed to have some on his chest and they went right away. And like you said, a little "off" right before, but no fever or anything.

Hope she's fine soon!

 

[flagirl1981]

Do you think it could be chigers? They sometimes can be found in the grass in Florida.

 

[mickeyluvr004]

Please don't take her in unless other symptoms show up. If she does have chicken pox every child in the waiting room will be exposed. If she gets worse and need to take her in tells someone at the clinic right away so that they can put you in a separate room not around other kids. Hope she stays feling ok and the rash turns out to be nothing.

I know at my doctors office I suspected chicken pox and they had me bring my DD in as I was told they are supposed to report it... But they also had me come in the back entrance so not to infect anyone.. I also went while they were closed during lunch and he saw her. I just love my Pedi's office..