chicken pox

[Northern Star]

my friend has just rung to say she has been the docs (with her spots) and the doc thinks she has chicken pox!

now...i was sat with her on monday night for about an hour up our other pals house!

is there any chance i could have got myself chicken pox too......

i have never had anything like this mumps or pox or anything...so im guesing im pretty resiliant to these kindsa things......but i have been told that if u catch c.pox as an adult u can be very poorly as its ten time worse....???

any advice!!!!!!!!

[cam]

yes there is

It stops being infectious when the rash breaks out hun.

I think she was infectious up to 2 weeks before

[Saysay]

If you've never had them before then you deffo could get them, there called shingles, although its quite rare in adults.

[blue jammer]

Don't go to Hazy if you've got any lurgi, ughhhhhhh

I had Chicken Pox once, was a bastard, I had them EVERYWHERE (even down there) and they say don't scratch them, yeah right, like that's gonna work!

You can get shingles I think as an adult?

Get to a docs quick!

[Northern Star]

yeh but bear in mind i never catch these things...i think a lass here at work had them and bloody came in all through cus she didnt know she had them...didnt get them then......if i went to the docs how could he tell me any road,.........

and yes i am coming to hazy even if i am deaths door.........dont worry i will sport my Altern 8 styley mask so not to breath on anyone....lmfao!

[RiskyLady]

Originally Posted by cam

yes there is

It stops being infectious when the rash breaks out hun.

I think she was infectious up to 2 weeks before

There still infectious until the spots dry up.

[cam]

Originally Posted by RiskyLady

There still infectious until the spots dry up.

knew it was something along those lines

[marchwiel]

If you've already had chicken pox, any exposure to the chicken pox virus actually improves your immunity to it, and greatly reduces the chance of you succumbing to shingles in old(er) age.

[Northern Star]

Originally Posted by marchwiel

If you've already had chicken pox, any exposure to the chicken pox virus actually improves your immunity to it, and greatly reduces the chance of you succumbing to shingles in old(er) age.

hi babes...no never had any illness of such........is it possible to be naturally imune to some things cus come to think of it i have been in contact with people who have been sick with one thing or another and never caught anything!!!!

[RiskyLady]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

hi babes...no never had any illness of such........is it possible to be naturally imune to some things cus come to think of it i have been in contact with people who have been sick with one thing or another and never caught anything!!!!

Looks like you've got a very strong imune system you lucky bugger lol

[Northern Star]

Originally Posted by RiskyLady

Looks like you've got a very strong imune system you lucky bugger lol

i get a lot of colds and that but nother ever too bad.........apart from tonsilitis whern i was a nipper......but they got whooped out and no bother since....twas all that cod liver oil multi vit and iron me granny used to pump me up on.........'you'll never be a big strong girl if u dont take these' she said...how right grannies are eh...lolol.....

[marchwiel]

Originally Posted by Northern Star

hi babes...no never had any illness of such........is it possible to be naturally imune to some things cus come to think of it i have been in contact with people who have been sick with one thing or another and never caught anything!!!!

It's not impossible, but unlikely that you are naturally immune. However, as RiskyLady says, you could have quite a good immune system and naturally "miss-out" on these things.

My immune system isn't too bad, but I put that down to sitting next to a GP's son in school, meaning I caught just about everything when I was little.

[blue jammer]

You'd know within a day or two if you've got them, they start appearing one by one

Then after an hour or so, your legs start to swell up, and your arms turn black. Then your ears start bleeding and your eyes fall out


















.. Just kidding

[princesswarrior]

You will defo no if you get em hun , poor thing i will keep me fingers crossed.

Pw xx

[Northern Star]

Originally Posted by blue jammer

You'd know within a day or two if you've got them, they start appearing one by one

Then after an hour or so, your legs start to swell up, and your arms turn black. Then your ears start bleeding and your eyes fall out

















.. Just kidding

yes i beleive the spots begin to appear 1st on ur tum tum... ..so will keep my eyes out....but the only time my ears bleed babes is when i am forced to listen to shite tunage

am already on antibiotics....bloody rattle louder than the local chemist i do