Yup - finally happened at the ripe old age of 27!! It's all over my front, back, upper legs, arms, my face has acquired crater-like qualities, I am getting shingle-like shooting pains, the itching is driving me bleedin' beserk, my scalp is worst affected (God knows how I'm going to wash my hair) and I am not a pretty sight.
Advice please?
I have Chickenpox! Please help....
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SERIOUSLY Kat - this is not a spoof answer in any way. I know sometimes you prefer we point these things out.
Do not squeeze or encourage the discharge of any spot - especially on your face.
I have one or two deep and distinct little pock marks on my high forehead from doing just that (squeezing). They were the first to arive on my skin and I treated them like any other spot, but they scarred.
Several million layers of skin later I can still see them.
Other than that, even cool baths, my best advice, are painful because your skin will touch the bath surface and it hurts.
What can I say? It will last a week or so and you will hate it. Good luck. Hope you don't get shingles (the same virus) later in life.
I'll say a wee prayer for you.
Amen.
Do not squeeze or encourage the discharge of any spot - especially on your face.
I have one or two deep and distinct little pock marks on my high forehead from doing just that (squeezing). They were the first to arive on my skin and I treated them like any other spot, but they scarred.
Several million layers of skin later I can still see them.
Other than that, even cool baths, my best advice, are painful because your skin will touch the bath surface and it hurts.
What can I say? It will last a week or so and you will hate it. Good luck. Hope you don't get shingles (the same virus) later in life.
I'll say a wee prayer for you.
Amen.
I had it when i was about 4/5 thankfully, however my dad has had it TWICE, second time effected him badly.
It is a horrible illness but thankfully not perminante.
Hope you get well soon & make a speedy recovery
It is a horrible illness but thankfully not perminante.
Hope you get well soon & make a speedy recovery
Johnny
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Apologies to Kat over my flippant first reply.
I didn't realise that chickenpox was quite that serious. I remember having it when I was 6 or 7 and being very poorly, but I am casting my mind back a long way now!
I didn't realise that chickenpox was quite that serious. I remember having it when I was 6 or 7 and being very poorly, but I am casting my mind back a long way now!
There is no doubt about it - I am badly blistered in the mouth and upper throat that 'normal' feeding methods are now impossible!tvmercia wrote:*gasp* will this affect your visit to see nick owen katherine?
I am in temporary receipt of a naso-gastric tube, and liquids only!
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We have just had Chickenpox in this household.
Use Calamine Lotion on your spots to help the itching.
Get hold of some Pyriton Syrup - It will help the itching from the inside and knock you out.
Have you got any pox in any "delicate" areas?
I had three on the bottom of my ball sack and it was embarrasing scratching them.
My little boy got one right on the end of his foreskin.
G
Use Calamine Lotion on your spots to help the itching.
Get hold of some Pyriton Syrup - It will help the itching from the inside and knock you out.
Have you got any pox in any "delicate" areas?
I had three on the bottom of my ball sack and it was embarrasing scratching them.
My little boy got one right on the end of his foreskin.
G
In connection with my cr*p spelling I would like to anotate all my posts with (sp?)
does it have any odd interactions with other medicines?Joe Public wrote:Get hold of some Pyriton Syrup - It will help the itching from the inside and knock you out.
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