URGENT!! SEEIN MY SON WHO'S GOT CHICKEN POX

[markyt]

Should I ? Im 3 weeks into my hep C interferon ribavirin treatment , feelin rough and dont want to make it worse , Ive had the pox as a kid and aslo I saw him last tuesday so may have been contagiose , Ive got to have the lad tomoorrow so need some quick advice

[markyt]

My regular doctor told me to steer clear as my imune sytem in low , Ive decided to stay clear rto be safe, its a shame but he'll see me next week when the scabs are dry ....thanks for the info

[sunshines76]

I just want to share my own experience here. I know it's not about chicken pox, but close enough, if you are concerned about our immune systems being suppressed due to tx... Two month ago my kids got fifth disease from preschool. As we learnt later, 4 kids at that preschool had it before my twins caught the virus, then 3 more kids got sick. I was a little bit upset with the teacher that she didn't warn me about this outbreak. I explained her that I needed to know when things like that happened, not only for safety of my kids, but for my own safety. I never caught this virus as a child, so my concern was now being on tx and catching it... Well, luckily I avoided it this time too. Although, I was 100% sure that I would not be able to avoid it.

[maxygirl]

I have definitely had chicken pox twice.  It is a myth about having it once and then you are immune.  

[JennyPenny2009]

Thanks for the easy to understand explanation.

[Diane12855]

OK... it is possible... but rare... probably about as rare as a mother passing hep c to her baby during birth.

As far as the immunocompromised part goes... My RBCs and Neutrophils have dropped, but my lymphocytes are fine, and they are the main WBCs that fights viruses. I don't know if other people's lymphocytes drop... if so, that would be a good time to really be careful with all viruses.

[spectda]

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People often wonder whether it is possible to get chickenpox twice. The answer is yes, although this is rare. For most people, one infection is thought to develop lifelong immunity. Getting chickenpox twice is more common in people who are immunocompromised.

For most people, following chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus moves into nerves located in the spinal cord. Here, the virus rests and, in some cases, causes no symptoms again. In other cases, the varicella virus can reactivate, causing herpes zoster (shingles).