Nancy asks…
Have you had Shingles?!?
On the top of my right arm I have a rash it’s light pink with little spots starting to appear, my whole arm is aching and has been for a few days, the rash is very painful to touch. I get eczema but this rash is nothing like the kind I get from that or my allergies. I went on nhs direct website and they said its probably shingles (one of the girls I go to uni with has just had it too) but when I looked up the shingles rash mine doesn’t look like it. So I dunno if mines just the first stages. Does anyone have any advice on shingles? Have you had it? Should I go to the walk in at the hospital? x x
admin answers:
Every shingles case is different but uve looked into it so u may as well get it doubled check to help you both physical and mentally :D. My friend had it and it seems really closely similar and if someone at your uni had it the liklihood is increased more.
Because we cannot be there with u lol are you symptoms like this:
The first symptom of shingles is often over-sensitivity or a burning sensation on the skin. After a few days, a rash develops. It usually appears as a band, following the route of a nerve supply to the skin.
At first, the rash consists of small red spots and reddened skin in the same area. The spots then turn into small blisters, which dry up after a few days and gradually form scabs. Once the scabs have fallen off, a small pock-mark may be left.
Just get it checked out and sorted so you can be at ease and relax 😀
Good luck, hoep you feel better and Merry Christmas!
Robert asks…
Chickenpox from Shingles?
I know you can catch chickenpox (if you’ve never had them before) from someone who has shingles. My husband currently has shingles, but is in the scabbing stage, the rash first appeared about 14 days ago, I haven’t touched the rash, except when putting on the prescribed cream and wearing gloves and also using a cotton ball. But I have been in contact with HIM.
My question is, how long after being affected would the chickenpox appear? We are going on vacation in a week and I am worried I will have chickenpox!! Is there anything I can do to prevent it? (I had very few spots (less than 5) of the chickenpox rash when i was about 2 years old)
I have NOT had the vaccine, and as I stated, when I was right around 2 years old I developed less than five spots, while my older siblings had regular cases of them. So I was unsure if it would count since I was under two and had so few spots.
admin answers:
Have you had the vaccine for chicken pox called varicella? If you have been vaccinated then you have nothing to worry about. If you have actually had it in the past then you should also be fine. If you are unsure you can ask your parents about the incident when you were a child or call the doctor’s office and ask the front desk if they can look up whether you’ve been vaccinated.
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The age you got it is irrelevant since no matter what age you are, you will still develop antibodies to protect yourself from being infected again. I looked it up and it seems like some cases of chickenpox only appear as a few bumps while others are covered over the whole body. It seems like you must have had it already and just not had the traditional symptoms.
Linda asks…
Chickenpox/Shingles during pregnancy?
My daughters childminder told me yesterday than one of the little boys in the group has just gone down with chickenpox. I know that it is extremely contagious in the early stages and my daughter would have been in contact with him.
Prob is that i’m 25 weeks preg and a bit concerned about it. Spoke to my mum and she thinks i’ve had chickenpox before but that i could re-activate virus and get shingles instead! I’m pretty sure shingles is bad news during preg. No symptoms on daughter yet but i’m not sure what to do?
Has anyone else had shingles in preg or know anything about it? Should i ask for my daughter to be immunised or something? Any advice?
admin answers:
The problem with chicken pox is that once the spots come out you aren’t contagious anymore, so if your daughter is going to get it from contact with this boy then she already has it.
I wouldn’t worry too much about your daughter getting, children are pretty resiliant and it is far better to have these things when you are young because the effects of these illnesses are almost always worse in adults. When I was in college a few years ago both myself and my close friend caught mumps, measles, scarlet fever and german measles in the space of a few month as they were ‘doing the rounds’ amongst the students. My aunt actually sent her two boys (aged 5 and 9) to my house in the hope that they would catch them from spending time around me to build up their immunity. They caught all four and were still running round like mad things, just very itchy!
‘Shingles during pregnancy can be serious. Pregnant women who get shingles or chicken pox have a higher than normal risk of developing pneumonia. In RARE cases, an unborn child exposed to varicella zoster (the chicken pox and shingles virus) can be damaged or may be miscarried in early stages. However this is much less likely with shingles.
Shingles can affect adults and children, but is much more common in older people. SHINGLES CANNOT BE TRIGGERED BY CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS CHICKENPOX.’
www.hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/shingles.html
Hope this helps put your mind at rest.
Carol asks…
I had shingles for a couple of days..I think i’m at the healing stage. My blister have pop and the fluids done?
drain out and now the scabs have came. Am i at the healing stage and am i still contagious??
admin answers:
Shingles is a form of herpes; be careful
Charles asks…
Travelling abroad with chicken pox/ shingles??
My boyfriend has just taken my daughter round to see his little sister who is in the early stages of chicken pox, neither my daughter who is 2 or my boyfriend who is 20 has had chicken pox. We’re going on holiday in 4 weeks to Spain, if either of them catch it, will we be forced to cancel our holiday? We are going to a family resort with Thomson and so I don’t think anyone would be pleased to have highly contagious chicken pox. If I cancel by Wednesday I’d get 50% of my money back. What should I do???
admin answers:
Incubation period for chicken pox is about 10 days, disease might last another 10 days of so from start to finish. If you are not due to go on holiday for 4 weeks unless either of them is unlucky, even if they are infected it might well be clear by then.
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