Reply to: Chickenpox lurgey please advise?

[Bod]

yuk.
apparently if you eat the scabs it vaccinates you against shingles, rabies and global warming

Ahhh yes, but would it offer any protection from the vagaries of eternal optimism ?

[EternalOptimist]

Caught CPox for the first time at 26, absolute nightmare.

Puss filled scabs everywhere (yup, eyelids, soles of feet, scrotal sac etc etc) and felt like I'd been on a six-week tequila binge.

BTW - I apologise if you were just eating your contractor's Port Salut & cranberry ciabatta

yuk.
apparently if you eat the scabs it vaccinates you against shingles, rabies and global warming

[Bod]

Caught CPox for the first time at 26, absolute nightmare.

Puss filled scabs everywhere (yup, eyelids, soles of feet, scrotal sac etc etc) and felt like I'd been on a six-week tequila binge.

BTW - I apologise if you were just eating your contractor's Port Salut & cranberry ciabatta

[Dow Jones]

Min 2 weeks

2 weeks is the absolute min away from the office. PM is right, if the moron insists, he should tell him that he will get sued for lost earnings by anyone that may catch it off him.

[badgerpig]

wow, thanks for replies folks


PMs told him not to come back till he gets signed off from quack as fit for work, will also move desks

Im 34 so fingers crossed my general lack of excercise, diet of white wine, lager and curry will boost my natural defences enough to ward it off

cheers

[wobbegong]

It won't make much difference, if he's going to get it he's got it already...

Very possibly, in addition, there may well be people in these other offices who are already infected. Damage limitation is the name of the game.

[KathyWoolfe]

Explain your dilemma regarding your baby to your PM and ask if you can be relocated to another office for a couple of weeks.

Perhaps this might be used as a reason to work from home for a couple of days?

[Zippy]

I caught this as an adult and it wasn't too bad - I looked dreadful but felt OK.

Your colleague should avoid work for a week or so until the spots start healing as he'll be shedding the virus until then.

[wobbegong]

Explain your dilemma regarding your baby to your PM and ask if you can be relocated to another office for a couple of weeks.

[snaw]

Us humans clearly react differently to you cold blooded types.

Actually Christmas day it came on heavy, and I think I was ok for new years day - just ran long enough to miss all the fun plus a wedding in the middle.

[snaw]

Chicken pox as an adult is seriously nasty... trust me, I had it at 35 & it's no fliping joke.

What he said. Same age - truly awful. Like the worst flu and hangover combined lasting a few days.

[WindyAnna]

It does depend on whether it shingles or chickenpox. If it's the latter then he won't be contagious once all the spots have scabbed over. Thing is it was contagious before he even got spots so if you've got it then you've got already! Your baby can only get it from you - not from secondary contact so if you have had it you're ok!

Shingles is caused by activiation of the dormant pox virus and is not triggered by chicken pox. To have it you must have had chickenpox already and it is usually triggered when you are ill in some otehr way. The bit I am not sure of is whether shingles can trigger chickenpox but I know it doesn't the otehr way round.

also depending on how old your baby is you may want them to get it while they are little as it is (allegedly) less severe. Also depends on how baby is being fed as Mum will pass some immunity through feeding baby herself, obviously not abailable with formula (Ii put that as delicately as I could!)

I would say if you have already had chickenpox you shouldn't worry!

[snaw]

I'm an expert on this.

My daughter caught it last year just before we went to Aus for a 5 week holiday. Then the missus caught it while we were there. Then I caught it as well, missing one of my best friends wedding (Symptoms came on strong on Christmas day to boot).

If he's scabbed up and they're still runny he's contagious. Pretty much 7-10 days after catching it you're a danger. As an adult it is not fun, trust me. Kids are ok with it - but here's the rub, if you get a chance get the vaccine - for your kid and for your family. The vaccine gives you a very mild version which doesn't screw you up later in life (i.e. shingles).

This colleague should stay well away, also if a pregnant women catches it it's very dangerous for the unborn child.

[daviejones]

You might want to check your spelling, daviejones.

Sorry, my fingers and brain are disconnected this morning...

Was having a conversation while typing.....

I signed an email with Retards, instead of Regards already this morning...

[Xenophon]

Clearly hasn't stopped in your case.

You might want to check your spelling, daviejones.