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Post by rikita on Jan 13, 2011 16:21:05 GMT
so, the father of the family we are staying with got chicken pox. mr. r. is not too worried about it, as he had them as a kid, but i am not sure. waiting for my mom to log into skype so i can ask her - but from what i know from similar questions, she is never sure anymore who of her kids had which diseases, and half the time the symptoms weren't clear either so she never knew at all what we have...
so, the bishop has offered for us to stay at his place for a week, but i don't really like the idea of going there... it means an hour and a half by bus every morning and evening to/from school, very limited internet access, no free weekend, as the bishop likes to take us to every service, inauguration, funeral and other event he attends, and well, i just don't really like the idea of staying somewhere with only half my stuff etc. ...
and part of me is thinking, as a. probably was contagious for quite a while before he was diagnosed today, if i am going to get them from him i probably already got them by now?
am i being very unreasonable?
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Post by bjd on Jan 13, 2011 17:02:24 GMT
No, you're not. I think those diseases are supposed to be contagious even before the spots appear. But I see it takes 10 to 21 days for the spots to appear.
This is from Wikipedia:
Chicken pox is an airborne disease spread easily through coughing or sneezing of ill individuals or through direct contact with secretions from the rash. A person with chickenpox is infectious from one to five days before the rash appears.[2] The contagious period continues for 4 to 5 days after the appearance of the rash, or until all lesions have crusted over. Immunocompromised patients are probably contagious during the entire period new lesions keep appearing. Crusted lesions are not contagious. [3]
It takes from 10 to 21 days after contact with an infected person for someone to develop chickenpox.
Chickenpox is often heralded by a prodrome of myalgia, nausea, fever, headache, sore throat, pain in both ears, complaints of pressure in head or swollen face, and malaise in adolescents and adults, while in children the first symptom is usually the development of a papular rash, followed by development of malaise, fever (a body temperature of 38 °C (100 °F), but may be as high as 42 °C (108 °F) in rare cases), and anorexia. Typically, the disease is more severe in adults. [4] Chickenpox is rarely fatal, although it is generally more severe in adult males than in adult females or children. Pregnant women and those with a suppressed immune system are at highest risk of serious complications. Chicken pox is believed to be the cause of one third of stroke cases in children.[5] The most common late complication of chicken pox is shingles, caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus decades after the initial episode of chickenpox.
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Post by tod2 on Jan 13, 2011 17:24:10 GMT
I think you are quite right to be concerned. Any infectious disease contracted in adulthood is far more serious than in childhood. The most I know about chickenpox is that it is strongly connected to the Herpes virus.
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Post by rikita on Jan 13, 2011 17:50:54 GMT
just spoke to my mom - she was quite sure i had it as a kid. am quite relieved - though of course i also hope for a. that he gets better soon...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 16, 2011 3:04:10 GMT
I may be all wrong about this, but I think the reason childhood diseases are so severe in adult males is because men get higher temperatures than women. Also, those high temperatures can cause sterility in men.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2011 5:57:35 GMT
Mumps cause sterility in adult men. I have never heard of chicken pox being a cause.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 16, 2011 6:59:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2011 13:34:49 GMT
I think you are quite right to be concerned. Any infectious disease contracted in adulthood is far more serious than in childhood. The most I know about chickenpox is that it is strongly connected to the Herpes virus. Yes,as a child I was prone to the common cold sore,AKA, herpes simplex,and for whatever reason,presumably,a built in immunity because of,I never contracted chicken pox despite my mother putting me in a room with my brothers who all had it at the same time. The idea being,let all of us get it at the same time and be done with it. Good luck with this Rikita. Look at the bright side,chicken pox versus being dragged to all those religious services could be a blessing in and of itself....  (no offense,please,my sick irreverent humour here...) |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 16, 2011 16:18:00 GMT
I was 19 when I got the pox.
I was very ill....................
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2011 16:32:51 GMT
I'm trying to remember when I had the "big three". I know that mumps came first, before I went to school, so I must have been 4. I'm pretty sure that measles were in grade 1 (age 6) and chicken pox in grade 2 (age 7). Never got any other diseases and never broke any bones either.
I would prefer to get chicken pox than stay with the bishop myself.
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Post by rikita on Jan 17, 2011 12:14:27 GMT
yeah well instead now the bishop came here on sunday to hold the service in the village church (i wonder if he always fills in for sick priest or if that is more for our sake)... a. is still pretty sick but slowly feeling a bit better...
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Post by gertie on Jan 24, 2011 5:53:21 GMT
A few things I have read about Chicken Pox. If you have a person who has had Chicken Pox and they are around a contagious person with Chicken Pox, - contagious for 24 hours to a few days before the bumps appear, btw - while the person that has had them won't get them unless they have something suppressing their immune system, they can be a carrier. Thus, if your older child goes to school with a child and hangs with them a lot that presents with spots on Friday and is sent home from school for this, it is possible for them to bring them home to your younger child. This is what apparently happened with my two daughters as younger was not in school or around any other kids but her sister, yet still contracted them. And the doc said oh yes, that happens.
Glad the gentleman is getting better. I'm not certain, but think Chicken Pox is the one where he should be careful of bright lights and wear sunglasses for a while when he gets up and about if he goes outside in the sun. Probably if it is, his doctor will have mentioned.
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Post by rikita on Jan 24, 2011 13:26:31 GMT
well i rarely saw him go outside lately, and the houses here are pretty dark as the windows are small and have bars in front of them... can't picture a. with sunglasses though, that'd look funny.
he seems to be almost well again, fortunately...
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(no offense,please,my sick irreverent humour here...)