Chicken pox toddler - how long
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My 3 year has chicken pox, started as a bit of cold then first spots appeared on Monday, he was still getting new ones yesterday but not noticed any new ones today. A lot haven't crusted over and still look like blisters. Typically how long have others kids had it and how long from the first spot appearing was it until you sent them back to nursery or school ? My son been home all week this week and tbh don't think he can go back to nursery next week as I cant see the spots healing enough, is 2 weeks the norm then for keeping them off with chicken pox ?
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Butter Face said:
We had our daughter off for 2 weeks. Nursery didn't want her back until it was all gone.
not backed up by science, but obviously they can make their own rules."A person with chickenpox is contagious beginning 1 to 2 days before rash onset until all the chickenpox lesions have crusted (scabbed). Vaccinated people who get chickenpox may develop lesions that do not crust. These people are considered contagious until no new lesions have appeared for 24 hours."
Source: the American CDC https://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/transmission....
scabbed over lesions = not contagious
No1 daughter got it, was of for a couple of weeks, then 3 weeks later the second got it. Our second daughter seemed to get a much stronger dose and was really itching, getting some pretty mean looking scabs in her hairline.
Once everything was crusted over we took her out as normal, but she was getting funny looks in public. Not sure if they thought she had some unsightly skin condition, or whether they were worried about catching it.
Once everything was crusted over we took her out as normal, but she was getting funny looks in public. Not sure if they thought she had some unsightly skin condition, or whether they were worried about catching it.
Remember NOT to give ibuprofen for chicken pox, just calpol..... 'brufen can have very bad side effects with chicken pox.
Baths with dettol in can help with the itching.... and if using calamine use a cream not lotion as the lotion can cause more itching when it dries.
This advice got us through the pox with both kids and then shingles!! in our 3 year old.
Baths with dettol in can help with the itching.... and if using calamine use a cream not lotion as the lotion can cause more itching when it dries.
This advice got us through the pox with both kids and then shingles!! in our 3 year old.
Children generally dont get 'poorly' as such with CP. It's just the rash and it affects people to varying extents. One of my boys was covered but the other just had a few random ones
As you allude to - once scabbed they are no longer infectious but as the 'look' can still be pretty full on then some nurseries won't have them in
As you allude to - once scabbed they are no longer infectious but as the 'look' can still be pretty full on then some nurseries won't have them in
Mr Pointy said:
It would be just as easy to sent the kid to nursery & let everyone get over it in a couple of weeks.
Sometimes people may want to avoid being exposed to it (in so much as it is possible), we had a 3 month old baby when it was doing the rounds at nursery and were very thankful that the eldest didn't bring it home with him during this delicate period.I had chicken pox as a kid and developed shingles a few years back. One of the most painful experiences I've had. For days I thought I was having a heart attack until the rash formed on my chest, I was in and out the docs, ECG the lot. The doc took an audible sigh when he saw the rash though. Then the real pain started.
I also had it as an adult at 24, and then gave it to my wife. We were both covered in the lesions. The first symptom was a horrific headache while I was staying in a hotel in London. I woke up at 5am the following morning to find the lesions just starting to break out. I’ve never checked out of a hotel so fast, and got some very strange looks from the receptionist. I was off work around 2.5 weeks. Horrible.
MRichards99 said:
Agreed, I had it when I was 16 and it wasn't particularly amusing. People say it gets worse with age, my mum in her late 40s wasn't best pleased when I gave it to her... 
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