nans wedding on saturday 15th july?? its been planned for a while and is sooo very important!! help please!!!!!!!
2006-07-08 23:50:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/chickenpox/a/chicken_pox.htm
Here is some information I give out from time to time at work. Your boy will be contagious until his sores have crusted over for a good 4 to 6 days at least. It is not just the sores that make it infectious, it is coughing or sneezing that can spread the highly contagious virus about the place.
2006-07-08 23:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by caz_v8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as the "pox" have disappeared completely along with the fever, etc. Remember anyone newborn, elderly, frail, pregnant, receiving chemotherapy or very susceptable to disease will be highly sensitive to chicken pox or any infected pox. My son ended up staph in a couple of his pox sites, but he is older. Wish we had the vaccine back then. If he still have any lingering symptoms, you should be able to get a sitter and go without him.
Since chicken pox often remanifests in later life as shingles, chronic fatigue, etc. You need to explore why the vaccine didn't work.
2006-07-09 07:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by whozethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to hear about the bad timing. If the lesions are still 'wet' he is still contagious. When EVERY spot has been crusted over he should be ok to come in contact with others. I would almost worry more about the people he would be around that have not had chickenpox yet. He could inoculate them, and chicken pox is much worse (possibly fatal) in adults than in kids.
2006-07-09 13:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had chicken pox when i was a boy. I clearly remembering I had to stay home. In my forties I got shingles and that's from having chicken pox as a boy. I would say, " no way jose." You'll just have to play with toys and get better at home. P s, chicken pox when active is highly contagious.Also you got some very well informed answerers. good luck!!
2006-07-09 14:47:03 · answer #4 · answered by rpm53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may be past the infectious stage, but it is very dangerous for pregnant women and he can pass it to anyone else who has not been exposed. Personally, I wouldn't chance it, but I lost a cousin when someone brought her daughter with chicken pox to an event. I'm admittedly biased against exposing people without their knowledge or consent.
2006-07-09 06:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can break out for up to a week and you need to wait untill all of his sores have scabbed over. PLEASE do not take the chance of exposing an adult to the chicken pox if they have not had them. I got them when i was 27 and almost died from them they were so severe.
2006-07-09 18:56:12 · answer #6 · answered by ednasorcas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should be ok. That's cutting it close though. It usually takes a week to get over the major symptoms and not be contagious. But 7 days is the cutoff and that's the date you set. So he'll probably be ok.
2006-07-09 06:54:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'll be a close call. Last thing you want to happen is for him to infect other people, least of all adults or elderly people because if they catch it (it's shingles in adults), the disease is harsher. You'll be "public enemy No. 1" . Check with the doctor to be on the safe side.
2006-07-09 07:51:38 · answer #8 · answered by scubalady01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless all the poxs are out by then else it will still be contagious. Better not to bring him along.
2006-07-09 06:52:58 · answer #9 · answered by hunnylashes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as he's still not contagious. Ask the Dr. He could spread it to an Adult or a Baby and that wouldn't be good!
2006-07-09 06:52:53 · answer #10 · answered by julia4evert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋