Chickenpox, Noooooo.......

[Leadfoot]

Ar5e, I've got chickenpox. Can the learned PH collective offer any words of wisdom to get me through the next few weeks with my sanity intact?
'Kin spots everywhere (& I mean everywhere) that itch like a barsteward. Driving me to distraction

[Podie]

quote:Ar5e, I've got chickenpox. Can the learned PH collective offer any words of wisdom to get me through the next few weeks with my sanity intact?

Playstation 2


edit - oh yeah, bummer about the 'pox...



>> Edited by Podie on Monday 7th October 11:31

[Leadfoot]

quote:Playstation 2

mmmmmm... more toys. No way I'm leaving the house looking like this though

[Podie]

www.amazon.co.uk

Get it delivered!

oh, and buy Gran Turismo 3!

[Marcos Maniac]

quote:Can the learned PH collective offer any words of wisdom to get me through the next few weeks with my sanity intact?
:

Calamine Lotion

[mondeoman]

Beer, PS2, GT3, more beer ....... some comely wench to fetch and carry and cater for your every whim ....... more beer .

That'll do nicely sir.

[Chim450]

Unlucky break. Chickenpox is generally more severe in adults. Keep good care of yourself, if you start to develop chest symptoms go see your doctor. Sorry to be all gloom and doom but I have seen a couple of nasty pneumonias in adults with chickenpox.
Get better soon!

[CarZee]

Bummer - I had PickenChox when I was 21.. not nice at all.. sleep lots.. play PS2.. do some reading..

[Gargamel]

I heard if you pick and scratch at all the spots - they get better and itch less




probably explains the scar on my forehead (I was about 4 at the time)

[Leadfoot]

Thanks guys. Oh & gargamel, you going on the next PH euro track do? Don't fall asleep at the bar
MrsWoman got me some calamine yesterday, but I'd been resisting using it 'cos I'm a ruftytufty sportcar drivin motorcycle ridin wild geese watchin double hard basterd
But this afternoon the pain's had me like a 3 year old so I've given in & smothered meself in it. I look like I've survived an explosion in an emulsion factory

[CarZee]

quote:I look like I've survived an explosion in an emulsion factory

Rice pudding factory shurely??

[tapchapman]

Sympathies - I got it last year having avoided it for 40yrsish. Recommendation - plenty of calamine - still seems to be the best thing to stop the itching. Got through bottles of the stuff. If you can get someone else to rub it on, so much the better ...

[JMGS4]

And make sure that it's all 100% cured otherwise you could be the recipient of shingles at a later date, NOT pleasant and can literally be blinding!

[SGirl]

quote:
And make sure that it's all 100% cured otherwise you could be the recipient of shingles at a later date, NOT pleasant and can literally be blinding!

You can anyway, can't you? I thought shingles was caused by the same virus (varicella zoster, if I remember correctly) that lurks dormant within your cells until something happens to unleash it... So once you've had chickenpox, you're stuck with it, in a manner of speaking.

[kevinday]

SGirl, you are correct. I had chickenpox as a child and later on (age 17) I ended up with Shingles. The virus (one of the herpes varieties) stays with you for life, lurking in the background waiting for a 'trigger'.

[Big_M]

quote:
I look like I've survived an explosion in an emulsion factory

Better than looking like you have survived an explosion in a pizza factory

[chim450]

Yes, you are right. The little buggers zip up your basal root ganglia (part of nervous system), and there lie dormant until triggered off (stress, illness, etc..). They then extend down nerve fibres giving a characteristic blistering rash.
This follows the distribution of the involved nerve, so typically follows a rib, can strike anywhere though including the face.

[Leadfoot]

Went to see the quack this am. Looked fresh out of med school & had to check up if there was any medication I could have,how long I would be contagious etc etc. Not very confidence inspiring & less knowledgeable than the NHS Direct Nurse I spoke to on the phone on Sunday. I even had to push him for a sick chit!
So, still in need of some informed advice (It is Dr. Chim450 I take it?):
>How long will I be contagious after the last spot appears/goes?
>Is the pox spread through contact/proximity or both?
I'm supposed to be an usher at my cousins wedding on the 19th, which I can see being a bit of a problem!
Thanks for replies so far.

[jvaughan]

quote:
www.amazon.co.uk

Get it delivered!

oh, and buy Gran Turismo 3!

also try www.iwantoneofthose.com
or
www.firebox.com

both offer next day shipping.

just bougvht a set of mini racers from firebox ... excellent for blasting around the board room ... or across the kitchen floor

[Chim450]

quote:
So, still in need of some informed advice (It is Dr. Chim450 I take it?):

Indeed it is.


>How long will I be contagious after the last spot appears/goes?

Usually infectious for 48hours before and up to 5-7 days after the first spot appears.

>Is the pox spread through contact/proximity or both?

It is spread through the repiratory route, ie. coughing etc...

>I'm supposed to be an usher at my cousins wedding on the 19th, which I can see being a bit of a problem!

You may be ok by then. Shouldn't be infectious at any rate.

>Thanks for replies so far.

No probs.