mav
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Kieran Is covered in them looks terrible
He doesn't seem ill though...so thats me stuck in house today all day with the 2 kids...
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Brett
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My Izzy had them recently. Had to have a week off nursery. She wasn't ill as such either, just the spots.
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mav
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Aye Kieran is off Nursery, 3 others at nursery had them too....Hope I don't get them or Chloe
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johnhara1
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Its gna be hard but dont let the littln scratch his face or he'll end up with scars.
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Cosmo
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majority of the virus is out of the system by the time you get spots, its the days before you get them that are normally worse, and also when you are contageous.
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Kurt
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i had chicken pox about a month or two ago, was horrible, you dont really feel ill tbh just hot and itchy really, if you look at some of the s-o-t meet pics with me in you can see my scars and i didnt even scratch 
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Nick-S
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i think my dad may have just got them, his bak is coverd in lil red spots,
ive had them when i was a kid, am i right in thinkin u cant get it twise?
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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theoretically altho i know some1 who claims to have had it 3 times as a kid!
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Andy Stocker
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Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for Varicella zoster, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by mostly every child.
Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3), one of the eight herpes viruses known to affect humans. It starts with conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms and then characteristic spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pox (pocks), small open sores which heal mostly without scarring.
Chickenpox has a 10-14 day incubation period and is highly contagious through physical contact two days before symptoms appear. Following primary infection there is usually lifelong protective immunity from further episodes of chickenpox. Recurrent chickenpox, commonly known as shingles, is fairly rare but more likely in people with compromised immune systems.
Chickenpox is rarely fatal (usually from varicella pneumonia), with pregnant women and those with a suppressed immune systems being more at risk. Pregnant women not known to be immune and who come into contact with chickenpox may need urgent treatment as the virus can cause serious problems for the baby. This is less of an issue after 20 weeks.
Later in life, viruses remaining dormant in the nerves can reactivate causing localised eruptions of shingles. This occurs particularly in people with compromised immune systems, such as the elderly, and perhaps even those suffering sunburn. Unlike chickenpox which normally fully settles, shingles may result in persisting post-herpetic neuralgia pain
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
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i think i mite av got it 2 times as a kid, sunburn may explane my dad then, he burns quite easyly
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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All over his body, even his bits etc....
He's not been itching them so so far...
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Nick-S
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dads aint that bad n its only on his bak
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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Not nice seeing them like that no matter how harmless they are
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mav
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I know...He looks terrible but not ill or anything just like a wee boy lost sort of thing....
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Charlene
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Registered: 29th Sep 04
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We have them going around our nursery 
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mav
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His face is 10 times worse today, just had to smear cream all over him..
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