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te.....then all good, are they 7/8 years old? If younger it's easier....fourstardan said:
Weird they have never found a vaccine for it?
They have. Routine in some countries but not here. https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/everything-you-need-...
Edited by Vvroom on Thursday 15th June 03:52
fourstardan said:
Weird they have never found a vaccine for it?
The trouble is you need to have a booster every five years. It's much better to just get it out of the way when you are young than risk getting it when you are older.I had it when I was 13 and I got it really bad. I remember falling asleep on the sofa with a few spots and when I woke up I was absolutely covered in them.
Not nice, especially in this heat.
Oat baths were the saviour for all three of mine for the itching. Old pair of tights, about 150g of porridge oats in the bottom and tie up. Run a bath with it soaking. Let the milky starch come out, squeeze it once the bath is run and let them sit in it, don’t use any soaps etc. Use until scabs are off. Otherwise there’s a gel called virasoothe which you can pop in the fridge and works well.
Bullybutt said:
Oat baths were the saviour for all three of mine for the itching. Old pair of tights, about 150g of porridge oats in the bottom and tie up. Run a bath with it soaking. Let the milky starch come out, squeeze it once the bath is run and let them sit in it, don’t use any soaps etc. Use until scabs are off. Otherwise there’s a gel called virasoothe which you can pop in the fridge and works well.
Yes, this worked a treat unlike all the other paid for expensive options for my son. His back looked like an asteroid field and he had them everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE. It was horrific. We think at the time it was so aggressive as we all had Covid during Christmas 2021. Our GP (who was amazing) thought that coupled with Covid he body was fighting loads and made it worse. Was a pretty rotten 3 weeks for all over us.He never though bless him picked any, but had been left with very faint white marks on his back from them, which I am sure will fade more over time.
I have never seen anything like it.
My eldest daughter had them in her mouth. It scarred her gums where baby teeth had come out at the back, subsequently when her adult molars came in they had no tooth enamel as that tissue forms the enamel coating. They all had them in their eyes, noses, nappy areas etc. Good old doses. Since then my lad is on his fifth dose of shingles. It can lay them low for a fair while so sometimes a month or two of vitamin supplements could help.
My eldest daughter had them in her mouth. It scarred her gums where baby teeth had come out at the back, subsequently when her adult molars came in they had no tooth enamel as that tissue forms the enamel coating. They all had them in their eyes, noses, nappy areas etc. Good old doses. Since then my lad is on his fifth dose of shingles. It can lay them low for a fair while so sometimes a month or two of vitamin supplements could help.
fourstardan said:
My boys only 2 and a Half so thankfully we won't have all the itching issues hopefully.
It's the sleep and heat issue, its 330am and I'm sitting waiting for him to wake up crying as he is every hour.
Weird they have never found a vaccine for it?
They have. We vaccinated our daughter against it £50 I think. It's the sleep and heat issue, its 330am and I'm sitting waiting for him to wake up crying as he is every hour.
Weird they have never found a vaccine for it?
Not on the NHS for some reason. It’s horrific especially if it gets in their mouth.
Best of luck OP few more days and you will be over the worst.
cw2k said:
They have but the it is a poor cost benefit for the NHS as it increases the likelihood of you contracting shingles when you are older
I think that's maybe a bit of an oversimplification. Sounds from this article like the shingles problem arises if the virus stops being in common circulation, and is not an issue with the vaccination directly.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/chicken...
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