I think i have chicken pox..?

Question

I'm 20 years old and my father has just got shingles and i read that you can catch chicken pox from it. I'be never had chicken pox before and today i've come up with about 7 red bumps on my body that itch and they are coming more and more.

But the thing is i feel completly normal and healthy apart from these marks, do you think its chicken pox and if so will i get a high temperature and feel sick or will it just continue to itch?

Answer 1

Whatever happens DON'T go to the doctors.... Your much better off asking complete strangers for advice on the Internet.... Muppet!

Answer 2

I'm 22 and right having chicken pox too. From your description I think you are having chicken pox because I feel all well too despite these bumps on my body.

Just that I had a high temperature, headaches and feel tired a few days before the bumps emerged. Apply calamine lotion to ease the itch.

Answer 3

With chicken pox you are supposed to be ill for a week or two before you show spots. I had chicken pox when i was 13, with many spots and i didnt feel poorly at all, my baby son caught chicken pox and i became very poorly around him and then showing around 6 spots around my shoulder. I had caught it twice as i was not fully immune to the illness after the first time, i think it sounds as though you could have chicken pox but i would seek after medical advise, possibily ring NHS Direct as they would be able to offer you medical advice........hope this helps

Answer 4

I sympathise. Shingles is a complication of chicken pox, I believe.

I think I'd rather have that than chicken stew, personally.

It's not too bad depending on age. We had a registered nurse on earlier. She is probably in bed but you might get an answer tomorrow if you ask at about 2.00 p.m GMT if you don't get one tonight.

It's severity depends on the strength and courage of the victim. You seem unphased so you must be pretty cool.

Answer 5

Yes, it's very likely to be chicken pox, particularly as you've never had it! Phone NHS Direct 2nite for advice. If it is, get to a doctor first thing in the morning for antibiotics. I expect you'll start to feel poorly quite soon, experiencing the symptoms you just asked about! It's only the first signs of it at the moment. It will develop further. Hope you get better soon!

Answer 6

Its normal to got chicken pox 'coz i just got it right now. In first time it just appeared some red dots on your skin especially your arms and armpit, backside and thight. After that,they become more itchy especially in the midnight time until 3 am. If you seek medical checks maybe you can get over it with some medicine they might gave to you. It will last surround one week half or two. For someone superstitious, maybe someone have told you to not do something or to not eat what food...

Answer 7

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Answer 8

It sounds very much like you have got them, might i suggest you go to the chemist and buy a bottle of Caladril lotion, it should stop the itching, that's what the doctor recommended for me when I got chicken pox. All the best.

Answer 9

Herpes zoster can be contagious through direct contact in an individual who has not had chickenpox, and therefore has no immunity. Avoid contact with the skin lesions of persons with known herpes zoster infection (shingles or chickenpox) if you have never had chickenpox or the chickenpox vaccine. This is especially true if your immune system is compromised. The chickenpox (varicella) vaccine is a recommended childhood vaccine. The vaccine may be recommended for teenagers or adults who have never had chickenpox.
A prescription drug called acyclovir has been approved by the FDA for use in treating the symptoms of chickenpox in people older than 2 years. The drug should help reduce the severity of chickenpox symptoms, especially in older children and teenagers, if taken within 24 hours of the rash's first appearance.
This drug is generally only used in severe cases of chickenpox and in patients who are immunosuppressed, such as cancer patients and transplant recipients.

Answer 10

my boy friend got chicken pox at 21 and he was in a right state it dose sound like you have chicken pox get some antihistamines and flu tablets and calamine lotion don't scrach

Answer 11

If its any help I wasn't sick and didn't feel sick when I had chicken pox, I didn't feel like eating much though but no more than I would have felt with the flu.