Chicken Pox

KnifeWRENCH · 24-08-2008 2:36am #1

I'm 18 and have never had chicken pox. When I was little, both my sisters got it at the same time (one got it really bad - they were in her mouth and everything! :eek:) All the kids in my class had it too, yet I somehow escaped it.

It has come up in conversation a couple of times and people were really surprised that I never got it. Is it really that unusual to not get it as a child?

Surely there's somebody else out there that has never had it?

eVeNtInE · 24-08-2008 2:37am

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claret · 24-08-2008 2:43am

I got it when I was about 6/7, my little sister got it about 2 weeks after me. The coolest thing was having a bath in stuff that made the water look like a swimming pool....well, to my 6 year old brain anyway!

Dublin_Chica · 24-08-2008 3:02am

Had them when i was about 7, remember them being awful. One of my friends had them really bad when she was younger and still has scars on her body and face from them! So glad i got them tho young tho, because apparently you get shingels (sp?) instead when you’re older and they do not sound pleasant at all!!

ryoishin · 24-08-2008 3:37am

I got them when I was 19. Horrible, in my mouth, ears eye lids etc. Took a fit aswell. Ive heard different things but I think you can get them a second and third time. That get them once and your fine thing is nt true, as far as I know and the net syas different things about getting them as an adult.

monkeyfudge · 24-08-2008 3:45am

My mother had it when I was in the womb so I've always had an immunity.

entropi · 24-08-2008 4:38am

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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yeah thats true alright, can damage your nervous system alot apparently and be worse for your organs. Another reason to get sick while young, and have to take a week off school:D

Got it when i was around 4-5 so i'm ok.

Kiera · 24-08-2008 4:42am

I'm a pox-bottle!

Holsten · 24-08-2008 5:03am

Had it years ago, I took many a Calamine lotion baths.

Mmmmmmmm...

Manic Moran · 24-08-2008 6:15am

I seem to recall I was about 7 or 8 at the time. Further seem to recall I was fairly miserable, but not intolerably so.

My understanding is that CP is a fairly rare disease these days, and that it is no longer one of those things which one is routinely expected to get when they are under ten. Back in the early 80s when I caught them, it was more or less a rite of passage.

NTM

shrapnel222 · 24-08-2008 6:38am

Manic Moran wrote: »

I seem to recall I was about 7 or 8 at the time. Further seem to recall I was fairly miserable, but not intolerably so.

My understanding is that CP is a fairly rare disease these days, and that it is no longer one of those things which one is routinely expected to get when they are under ten. Back in the early 80s when I caught them, it was more or less a rite of passage.

NTM

don't think that's true. my son has been in creche for 2 and a half years and there's been at least 4 outbreaks in that time. he finally caught it and passed it on to his brother.

basically, if you escaped it as a kid, you'll catch it when you have kids. simple as.

Aisling(",) · 24-08-2008 11:01am

i had it when i was around 7.have a fair few scars left from it.
even have two on the side of my stomach and it looks like the holes in an a4 pad for a folder.:)

ewj1978 · 24-08-2008 11:10am

had it when i was 10-11 missed the summer exams... class! I've also had shingles when i was about 20 apart from feeling sick nowt much to say there....
My kids have both had it when they were 4-5, my son has a small scar above his eye from where he scratched while sleeping one night... but all the girls will think he's cool when he's older...

Stench Blossoms · 24-08-2008 11:20am

I had it when I was about 5 when I was on holidays in Cyprus. I remember rubbing my back up against the side of a pool because they were so itchy. My sister got them really bad and has scars on her face from them.

24-08-2008 11:28am

square_igloo wrote: »

I'm 18 and have never had chicken pox. When I was little, both my sisters got it at the same time (one got it really bad - they were in her mouth and everything! :eek:) All the kids in my class had it too, yet I somehow escaped it.

It has come up in conversation a couple of times and people were really surprised that I never got it. Is it really that unusual to not get it as a child?

Surely there's somebody else out there that has never had it?

If you get it when you are older its curtains !:eek:

Nightwish · 24-08-2008 11:31am

I've never had it either! My little sister and brother got it at the same time, and in retrospect I can see that my mother tried to expose me to it but it didnt work. I'm dreading it! Is it a certainty that I'll get it at some stage in life?

RobertFoster · 24-08-2008 11:37am

Never had chicken pox. I'm 24 now, so I'm looking forward to shingles!

chris d · 24-08-2008 11:40am

got it as a 25 year old last year. it really really sucked.
you can keep getting it as well, hello shingles.

a.hole of a virus.

ewj1978 · 24-08-2008 11:45am

Nightwish wrote: »

I've never had it either! My little sister and brother got it at the same time, and in retrospect I can see that my mother tried to expose me to it but it didnt work. I'm dreading it! Is it a certainty that I'll get it at some stage in life?

Well yes unfortunately... Its a fairly prevalent and easily caught virus, so unless you bubble yourself right now, you are gonna get it...

Virus gonna get ya. nanananana!

Firetrap · 24-08-2008 11:49am

Yeah, I had it when I was 10 or 11. I still have a little scar on the side of my face from it. I don't remember a lot about it apart from my getting it during the school holidays :mad:

I think there's a vaccine for it. Might be worth looking into

Caoimhín · 24-08-2008 11:51am

My granny kept chickens and the fox was always taking them

The secret is good fencing really.

Nightwish · 24-08-2008 12:01pm

ewj1978 wrote: »

Well yes unfortunately... Its a fairly prevalent and easily caught virus, so unless you bubble yourself right now, you are gonna get it...

Virus gonna get ya. nanananana!

oh balls...

taidghbaby · 24-08-2008 12:09pm

yup got it as a youngun!!!!

had one on me heel too, so i was limping around while i had em too

Frisbee · 24-08-2008 12:13pm

Had it once when I was about 8 really bad.

Then again when I was 12, wasnt too bad that time.

Then had them when I was 13 and barely noticed...

ewj1978 · 24-08-2008 12:38pm

where'd you live?.... in a chickenpox leper colony?

rainbowtrout · 24-08-2008 4:38pm

had chickenpox twice, once around the time of my communion and again when i was about 11. thought i was safe from all the childhood diseases after that until i got mumps three years ago when i was 26. still the week off work eating icecream was great. it was like being 8 again!

KnifeWRENCH · 24-08-2008 10:26pm

55 against 10 - so it's kinda unusual, but atleast there are others like me who'll be fcuked when the inevitable bout of shingles arrives

I have a nephew who's almost 1 - if he gets it, he'll have to be kept away from me for a couple of weeks!

rarnes1 wrote: »

If you get it when you are older its curtains !:eek:

Thanks for those reassuring words.

GirlInterrupted · 24-08-2008 10:31pm

Manic Moran wrote: »

I seem to recall I was about 7 or 8 at the time. Further seem to recall I was fairly miserable, but not intolerably so.

My understanding is that CP is a fairly rare disease these days, and that it is no longer one of those things which one is routinely expected to get when they are under ten. Back in the early 80s when I caught them, it was more or less a rite of passage.

NTM

Maybe you're thinking of measles?

Chicken pox overruns the infant and first classes of primary school in the first term usually, most children being back at school within ten days. It certainly is one of the routine illnesses of childhood.

dsmythy · 24-08-2008 10:34pm

Nightwish wrote: »

I've never had it either! My little sister and brother got it at the same time, and in retrospect I can see that my mother tried to expose me to it but it didnt work. I'm dreading it! Is it a certainty that I'll get it at some stage in life?

Pretty much what my own mother did to me. My little sister got it and she made sure i got it off her to get it done with. If i had been old enough to understand how viruses spread i might of been pissed off.

Pox party is the way to go. Tough love and all that.

Kojak · 24-08-2008 11:05pm

Had them when I was about 5 or 6

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 24-08-2008 11:05pm

Yeah i had chicken pox as a kid!

eamoss · 24-08-2008 11:20pm

Got it when I was about 5 and still have the scars, 3 of which that are on my head

Muzzy · 24-08-2008 11:42pm

I got them last year, I was 22 and it was shít.

My GP was amazed that I never got em, I explained that I was an only child and he reckoned that that was why I never got em before, all the kids got them during summer hols or before they went to school.

My entire body was covered, inside my mouth, on my tongue between my toes, my meat and 2 veg, inside my ears, EVERYWHERE. Got loads of photo's too, but I've no notion of posting them.

Felt crap, had really bad acne in my mid teens that cleared up perfectly and was hit with the Chicken Pox, was so worried about marks and scars, but my only advise if/WHEN is get to a GP and get really strong anti-Histimenes (Spelling!!) They did wonders for the Iching, I really had no iching at all. The lotions do not work.

You will only scar if you scratch, other wise the spots will just boil up, crust/scab over and heal, they whole process is 2 weeks to be totally back to normal.

It's a real sneaky virus too, you get it 2 weeks before you know you have it, take like 15 days for it to incubate in your body!

i didn't do it · 25-08-2008 12:26am

still have a tiny circle shaped scar right between my eyebrows from where i scratched over 20 years ago

ZygOte · 25-08-2008 12:32am

i remeber when i was a kid, when one of the other kids in the neighbourhood got chicken pox or measels all the parents would make all the kids play together and try and make as many of them get it as possible so it was over and done with.

Vince135792003 · 25-08-2008 12:38am

Muzzy wrote: »

I got them last year, I was 22 and it was shít.

Yeah I got it when I was 22 too after my brother got it. I initially thought it was gonna be ok as minor sicknesses go but it was pretty horrendous.

As bad as all the spots were, the fever was the worst part for me.

KnifeWRENCH · 25-08-2008 2:19am

Muzzy wrote: »

I got them last year, I was 22 and it was shít.

My GP was amazed that I never got em, I explained that I was an only child and he reckoned that that was why I never got em before, all the kids got them during summer hols or before they went to school.

My entire body was covered, inside my mouth, on my tongue between my toes, my meat and 2 veg, inside my ears, EVERYWHERE. Got loads of photo's too, but I've no notion of posting them.

Felt crap, had really bad acne in my mid teens that cleared up perfectly and was hit with the Chicken Pox, was so worried about marks and scars, but my only advise if/WHEN is get to a GP and get really strong anti-Histimenes (Spelling!!) They did wonders for the Iching, I really had no iching at all. The lotions do not work.

You will only scar if you scratch, other wise the spots will just boil up, crust/scab over and heal, they whole process is 2 weeks to be totally back to normal.

It's a real sneaky virus too, you get it 2 weeks before you know you have it, take like 15 days for it to incubate in your body!

:eek::eek:
Now I wish I'd never asked

:(

I must go find a protective bubble....

Lazarus2.0 · 25-08-2008 2:51am

My young lad has CP at the moment . He's generous by nature so no doubt he'll give them to his 5 year old sis so they'll both miss out on going to school/pre-school for start of term . He was also warm-hearted enough to give me shingles , which I'm just getting over now (I hope!) . I thought it was just some infection or other on my scalp so pretty much ignored it for the first couple of days . Then woke up with a face like I'd been kick-boxed to within an inch of my life . Doc sent me to hospital and it turns out I'm lucky I didnt go blind in the affected eye . And the hosp doc says it'll be back , most likely . Happy days :mad:

Am now planning on going into the bubble business if you're interested , OP .

KnifeWRENCH · 25-08-2008 3:00am

nessyguin wrote: »

My young lad has CP at the moment . He's generous by nature so no doubt he'll give them to his 5 year old sis so they'll both miss out on going to school/pre-school for start of term . He was also warm-hearted enough to give me shingles , which I'm just getting over now (I hope!) . I thought it was just some infection or other on my scalp so pretty much ignored it for the first couple of days . Then woke up with a face like I'd been kick-boxed to within an inch of my life . Doc sent me to hospital and it turns out I'm lucky I didnt go blind in the affected eye . And the hosp doc says it'll be back , most likely . Happy days :mad:

Am now planning on going into the bubble business if you're interested , OP .

Woah! You've just had shingles??

STEP AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER. YOU COULD BE TRANSMITTING IT THROUGH THE INTERNET! :eek::eek:

(Hope you get better soon though!

)

Lazarus2.0 · 25-08-2008 3:47am

I've a wireless connection so everyone within 500m of me was carrying it last week . Update your anti-virus and hope for the best ...

25-08-2008 4:38am

I don't have shingles, I have slates

hussey · 25-08-2008 5:21am

I've had it twice, once as a child 5or 6 and again when I was 22, was a horrible experience,

Was shocked when doctor said it was CP, as I already had it and thought I couldn't get it twice.

Lost about 1.5stone in 3 weeks .. as anything that went in went straight back out.

Hauk · 25-08-2008 10:20am

I'm in the same situation as the OP. My little bro and sister had it at the same time. All my other bros and sisters had it but I never got it.

Hauk

Davidius · 25-08-2008 10:51am

I remember having Chicken Pox. Me and my twin brother had it at the same time.

Had it for my birthday, don't know how old I was. It was very itchy though.

Glad I got it young though. :pac:

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