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A little info for any carers of children with chickenpox. The scabs can allow skin bacteria to infect the child. This may present as a swelling around the scab.
by bogle 8y ago
A little info for any carers of children with chickenpox. The scabs can allow skin bacteria to infect the child. This may present as a swelling around the scab. It can become life threatening as it can quickly progress to septicaemia (sepsis) in a matter of hours.
It's rare enough that Accident & Emergency may not recognise it as they'll only have a handful of cases in a year in a middle-sized city. There could be a delay in giving that huge cocktail of antibiotics that are going to be required.
The high-dendency unit is a scary place.
- replicatorblog 8y ago+1. My daughter was being treated for Leukemia when she developed Sepsis and hovered near death for a week in the ICU of Boston Children's Hospital, generally considered the best pediatric unit in the world. It was touch and go the whole time, even with the best possible care. For the sake of your children, and children with suppressed immune systems, please vaccinate your children.
- burfog 8y agoThat has essentially nothing to do with chickenpox. Suppose the kid skins his knee. The scabs can allow skin bacteria to infect the child. This may present as a swelling around the scab. It can become life threatening as it can quickly progress to septicaemia (sepsis) in a matter of hours. Yep. Same with mosquito bites, paper cuts, and slivers. You could DIE!!!!! Well, you could. You really could.
- bogle 8y agoThink about: (a) the number of wounds, (b) the age of the child and (c) that they are already ill. Also consider the very serious consequences (death). That increase in the hazard and the potential for serious illness is what makes this a real risk. In the UK we don't find it economic to vaccinate the whole population for chickenpox but if it's an option to pay for it then it would be sensible.