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Anyone want to catch chicken pox?
Jun. 20th, 2003 12:16 pmLast Sunday, Irene asked me to look at some spots on her back and around to her front. I looked, I went 'hmm', and spread some hydrocortizone cream on them. Repeat Monday. Repeat Tuesday morning. Not getting better. Hmmm. {Insert data: Irene is on daily Allegra for dog allergies.} Tuesday evening I pick up Benadryl cream on my way home from work, apply that Tuesday evening, and twice on Wednesday. Wednesday evening I say 'If this isn't lots better in the morning, you should see the doctor.'
She ends up with an 8:30AM doctor appointment on Thursday. Four minutes after the doctor starts asking questions, he's taken a look and says, 'You have shingles.' She's very itchy, she's on Acyclovir (would have been better if she'd started Monday or Tuesday - ah, well, now we know if it happens again), she's got Tylenol 3 if she wants it.
She's currently very mildly contagious, and should be non-contagious by our Minn-StF Meeting a week from Saturday (the 28th).
For anyone who's interested and doesn't already know - shingles is a flare-up of the chicken pox you had lo, these many years ago as a kid. Your body kills all the virus except the little bit that hides out in nerve roots - your immune system doesn't clean up in there because there's too much chance of permanently damaging the nerve. So, when the flare-up happens, it's on one side of the body, in a line coming from your spinal column and wrapping around to the front.
She ends up with an 8:30AM doctor appointment on Thursday. Four minutes after the doctor starts asking questions, he's taken a look and says, 'You have shingles.' She's very itchy, she's on Acyclovir (would have been better if she'd started Monday or Tuesday - ah, well, now we know if it happens again), she's got Tylenol 3 if she wants it.
She's currently very mildly contagious, and should be non-contagious by our Minn-StF Meeting a week from Saturday (the 28th).
For anyone who's interested and doesn't already know - shingles is a flare-up of the chicken pox you had lo, these many years ago as a kid. Your body kills all the virus except the little bit that hides out in nerve roots - your immune system doesn't clean up in there because there's too much chance of permanently damaging the nerve. So, when the flare-up happens, it's on one side of the body, in a line coming from your spinal column and wrapping around to the front.
