chicken pox twice after being vaccinated?

**WorkingClassMum** · 31-12-2007 18:12

I've just put DD in bath.

She's been whinging and whining for a couple of days - I've just put it down to heat.

When I put her in bath she covered in a rash similar to the last time she had Chicken Pox - and she's been vaccinated!!!!!

She covered from neck to groin, arm pits and inside elbow. They're raised spots that look like either a blister or a pimple

**MumOf4Monsters** · 31-12-2007 18:52

Oh poor little bugga! Maybe take her to the doc tomorrow and have her checked, i know they can't do much for chicken pox, but best to have her checked.
Did she get it bad the first time?
My ds and dd were both imunised for chicken pox and they both ended up getting it. Dd got it quite bad too.

I was told that they probably would'nt get it or it would be very mild, yeah right!

Hope she feels better soon!

**veve** · 31-12-2007 18:53

how small are the spots/?? that MANY chickenpox (you said covered from neck to groin) sounds like a nasty version of chickenpox .. I would thikn more heat rash than anything else/? (especially if its in her arm pits and elbows .. big hot spots )

xx
Jen

**ealing** · 31-12-2007 18:56

hi,

that is a shame that she has gotten twice, though possible despite vaccinnation. Imagine how bad it could be if your child wasn't vaccinnated! LIke PP said, could also be a heat rash as well, but certainly get it checked out. Was your child sick before the spots came out, like runny nose, sore throat etc...?

Sorry that I can't offer anything more, hope that it all goes ok for you all.

**WorkingClassMum** · 31-12-2007 21:47

I've just got hamoe from a 2 3/4 hour wait at after hours GP - biggest waste of money ever.

he say DD has "Mulluscum contagiosum" WTF?

the description is nothing like the print out - and he wouldn't listen - I said at least five times that the description doesnt match - so he's given me a referral to a dermatologist

IM SO ANGRY - HE WOULDNT LISTEN!!!!!

back to my GP asap

she's itching and crying - Daddy is nursing her on our bed ARGHHHHHHHH

I just wish the Nurofen would kick in

**dragonflyblu** · 31-12-2007 22:12

kayteO I just saw this thread. Thats terrible. I even quickly googled Mulluscum contagiosum and it says that it is really rare 5% of worlds population get it, it is mostly sexually transmitted (but you can get it from skin-to-skin as well) and it was largely only in the tropics. Did the doctor say there was an outbreak of this in your area? I would get a second opinion. I hope you DD feels better soon.

**ShadyCharacter** · 02-01-2008 10:38

Originally Posted by ealing

that is a shame that she has gotten twice, though possible despite vaccinnation. Imagine how bad it could be if your child wasn't vaccinnated!

Quite probably no different at all. I wasn't vaccinated (because CP vax was not avaliable when we were young) and I got it 3 times, once badly, the next two times not as badly. There is no reason it would be any worse if the child was not vaccinated.

KayteO - hope your little girl is feeling better and you are getting some real answers

**prideNJoy** · 02-01-2008 10:42

Originally Posted by ShadyCharacter

Quite probably no different at all. I wasn't vaccinated (because CP vax was not avaliable when we were young) and I got it 3 times, once badly, the next two times not as badly. There is no reason it would be any worse if the child was not vaccinated.

KayteO - hope your little girl is feeling better and you are getting some real answers

I also wasn't vax'd for CP, and had it twice, both times very mild. I don't even recall feeling ill! I have a good immunity to it now though.

KayteO -

to your DD, hope she is on the mend with whatever it is she may have!?

**WorkingClassMum** · 02-01-2008 20:28

6 hrs waiting at Royal Childrens Hosp - she has Gianotti Crosti Syndrom (wtf?) - a virus that has a rash with it.

All we can do is treat the symptoms and time will take care of the rest

worry over now

**mum_I'm_hungry** · 02-01-2008 20:37

Have only just seen your thread now, but wanted to tell you we went through something like this -- weeks of the kind of symptoms you are describing. Our GP thought my daughter had chickenpox (he saw her very early on) and so did her dad (also a doctor). It got worse and worse and ended up being...

school sores.

By the time we realised what it was (a doctor at husband's work picked it up after seeing pics), she was really quite ill. A quick course of antibiotics and it was all gone. I'll never forgive myself for it and have thrown away all the piccies from around then (it was around Christmas...)

Hope you have a correct diagnosis now and that it clears up soon!