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Amber*Marie
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Please Not the Chicken Pox!
Posted: 10-04-07 17:27pm
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Yesterday morning Mel woke up with some
"bite" marks. 2 on her neck, 3 on her arm,
and 3 on her legs. Well I actually thought
a misquito had gotten a hold of her since
she didnt sleep in a sleeper for the first
time in a long time. Ok she woke up this
morning and they where more red and 2 MORE
marks on her arm! She was in a sleeper
last night so I KNOW nothing could have
gotten to her. I called her doctor for the
fear of chicken pox(i looked at pics on
the net and thats what they looked like)
and they asked if she had a fever, no. And
just told me to bathe her in oatmeal and
put Benedryl cream on her spots and if it
desnt get better to go to Urgent Care or
the ER.
Well I went to Walmart to pic up the stuff
and as we was walking out I noticed her
spots have gotten a blister type look to
them!! Her doctor isnt open on Fridays so
I cant call them again in the morning. I
dont know what to do. Should I just take
her on to Urgent Care? or should I try the
oatmeal and cream first?
But couldnt they give her any meds??
Because Im scared to put that cream on her
because it says 2yrs and older. I dont
want it to harm her in any way.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 10-04-07 17:32pm
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Do the oatmeal and cream to soothe
itching. If your doctor advised you to
pick up the cream it should be fine. Make
sure you watch for fever and scratching so
she doesn't cause scars.
It is better to get it out of the way
young. The older you are when you get
chicken pox the harder it can be on your
body.
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-04-07 17:38pm
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How high should her fever be before I need
to get her seen?
Shes not running one right now but I want
to make sure.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 10-04-07 17:51pm
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I got this from another health site;
| Quote: | Ask your baby's
doctor when she'd like you to call if your
baby has a fever. Common guidelines are:
• If your baby is less than 3 months
old and has a temperature of 100.4 degrees
F (38 degrees C) or higher, call the
doctor immediately. A baby this young
needs to be checked for serious infection
or disease.
• For a baby between 3 and 6 months
old, call if his temperature reaches 101
degrees F (38.3 degrees C) or higher.
• If your baby is 6 months or older,
call if his fever reaches 103 degrees F
(39.4 degrees C) or higher.
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Ingi
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Posted: 10-04-07 18:00pm
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If you plan on going to the doctor's, you
need to WARN your doctor's office that you
are coming. There may be people there who
should not be exposed to chicken pox.
It sounds exactly like chicken pox. Get
some solarcaine. It has a numbing compound
in it. You can dot it on the pox with a
Q-tip.
Tylenol for fever. And use the benedryl
cream. If the doctor said it was OK, it is
OK.
Sweetie, the chicken pox aren't going away
for at least a week. Especially if she is
still breaking out. The doctor is not
going to do anything for her for chicken
pox.
Found this on About.com
| Quote: |
Children who still get chicken pox
typically develop symptoms about 10 to 21
days after being exposed to someone with
chicken pox (the incubation period) or
shingles (herpes zoster).
Symptoms of Chicken Pox
Symptoms of chicken pox include that:
children sometimes have a prodrome of
fever, malaise, headache, lack of
appetite, and mild abdominal pain for 1 to
2 days
the rash typically appears first on a
child's trunk, scalp, and face and
consists of small, very itchy, flat red
spots, which then turn into raised fluid
filled vesicles, often described as
looking like a 'dewdrop' that become
umbilicated and cloudy and eventually
crust over
the fever only lasts about 2 to 4 days
new 'crops' of the rash on the child's
trunk and then arms and legs continue for
about 4 days
all of the lesions are crusted over about
6 to 7 days after the illness began
the crusts then fall off in another 7
days, although it sometimes takes up to 20
days, usually without scarring
Although not as common, children with
chicken pox can also develop ulcers in
their mouth.
More serious symptoms that might indicate
a complication of chicken pox has
developed include redness around the base
of skin lesions, a cough and difficulty
breathing, or any neurological symptoms,
such as slurred speech, severe headache,
vomiting, seizures, or trouble walking.
Chicken Pox Facts
The average child with chicken pox gets
about 300 lesions.
It is very typical or characteristic for
children with chicken pox to have lesions
in different stages at the same time,
including the first flat red spots, the
fluid filled vesicles, and the crusted
vesicles.
The fever with chicken pox usually ranges
from 100 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit, but
may be as high as 106 degrees in some
cases.
Children with chicken pox are contagious
for 1 or 2 days before they develop a rash
and until all of their vesicles have
crusted.
Chicken pox crusts that are scratched off
or infected may lead to scars.
Children who have chicken pox after having
the chicken pox vaccine often have an
atypical case, with much milder symptoms
and fewer
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-04-07 19:25pm
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thank you guys for the info!
I did what the doctor said and she
immediantly went to sleep afterwards. She
has broken out even more after I first
typed this post. she was around another
baby , 10days younger than her, sunday
night. They played together and had close
contact. I have spoken to his mother and
he has no signs. Thats the only recent
contact Mel has had with someone that
hasnt had the pox yet. She has another
friend. thats 4 days younger than her,
that she played with friday. I dont know
how she got them unless shetouched
something at the store, shes always draing
stuff off shelfs lol.
I heard awhile back that if you dont get a
good "case' of the pox while young that
you could get the shingles when your older
which could lead to death?
Mother says its better to get them young
since they dont know to scratch, which
could cause scarring. But still it worries
me. Its a common illness but its happening
to my baby 
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mayhi
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Posted: 10-04-07 19:29pm
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Just a thought.. another thing you can try
is Calamine Lotion. Thats all ever use
here and there are no harmful effects to
children and it takes the itch away. May
be something that you want to look into.
Good luck.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 10-04-07 19:49pm
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Shingles are just an outbreak of the
chicken pocks virus later in life. as
long as it is promptly treated a person
will be fine.
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-04-07 20:18pm
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mayhi i will look into that!
I wonder why they give it a different name
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michelle1981
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Posted: 10-04-07 20:55pm
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Aww, poor baby!!!
Have you had them already?
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-04-07 20:57pm
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| michelle1981
wrote: | Aww, poor baby!!!
Have you had them
already? |
i asked my mother today if i have she
said no lol. but if i remember correctly i
go the vaccine before i started
kindergarten
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michelle1981
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Posted: 10-04-07 21:00pm
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PHEWWW!!!! That would be HELL!!!
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-04-07 21:53pm
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lol yea. i would be scarred all over. I
HAVE to scratch when I itch. Its like an
adiction. You gotta do it
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 10-04-07 21:57pm
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Gets lots of numbing spray and keep
Amelia's hands in little mittens to
prevent her from scratching automatically.
My mom did that and I never scarred. I
was about the same age when i got it.
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-05-07 06:53am
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well amelia woke up today and some of her
spots are gone. Since she isnt scrathcing,
would they go away sooner. She did get
another one on her back tho. Im no so sure
that these are chicken pox. Those
disapeared way too fast. I dont know.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 10-05-07 11:17am
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It's probably not the pox.
She might have bed bugs??
If so, you can put a dryer sheet under her
sheet. They'll collect onto the sheet and
die. Or you can wash the sheet and bed
padding in hot water.
I had the pox & shingels as a child.
The shingels I got when I was around 6 or
7 though. I remember that VIVIDLY!
Baron just recently got the shingles. It
was bad, but not unbearable.
I hope you find out what it is!!!!
Sarah
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Ingi
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Posted: 10-05-07 11:19am
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| babymajic0506
wrote: | It's probably not the pox.
She might have bed bugs??
If so, you can put a dryer sheet under her
sheet. They'll collect onto the sheet and
die. Or you can wash the sheet and bed
padding in hot water.
I had the pox & shingels as a child.
The shingels I got when I was around 6 or
7 though. I remember that VIVIDLY!
Baron just recently got the shingles. It
was bad, but not unbearable.
I hope you find out what it is!!!!
Sarah |
That is great advice about the bed bugs. I
did not know that!
I had pox on Christmas when I was in 1st
grade. For a gift, I gave them to my
little brother 
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 10-05-07 11:21am
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LOL!!! I'd be maaad at you! lol!!
I actually heard this on the Home Shopping
Network. It was in a book they were
selling called "1001 things you didn't
know"...or something similar!
Sarah
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Ingi
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Posted: 10-05-07 11:26am
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| babymajic0506
wrote: | LOL!!! I'd be maaad at you!
lol!!
I actually heard this on the Home Shopping
Network. It was in a book they were
selling called "1001 things you didn't
know"...or something similar!
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-05-07 16:10pm
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that was mean Ingi!! lol
Sarah, I change her sheets like every week
and she has a plastic covering on her
mattress. But I will definatly try the
fabric sheet!! Im spraying her room down
tonight after my ma gets her. I gotta get
to the bottom of it!
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