They say incubation period is 10-21days....but has anyone been exposed and came down with symptoms earlier than 10 days????
My kids both had the vaccine so neither has had it. I had it in 3rd grade. My brother was exposed at his birthday party the week before Christmas. I remember my mom being worried we wouldn't be able to go to my grandma's for Christmas and then being extra careful about all the cousins not sharing cups and such. He broke out after Christmas. I missed the Valentine Party at school.
Remember that exposure to the infected child happens *before* the child is showing symptoms. So, yes, it can happen.
My daughter was exposed to chicken pox and came down with it in exactly one week
well, I'm not sure you can ever really *know* when you were *first* exposed. For example you go to dinner with a friend. 5 days later she tells you she has the chicken pox. She was contagious 1-2 days before she broke out in the rash.
2 days later YOU break out in a rash. That would be 7 days after exposure.
IF you assume you got it from her.
What you DON'T know.... is that when you were at the grocery store 5 days BEFORE the party.... the kid who sat in the cart before you used it hadn't broken out in a rash yet, but was contagious and that kid slobbered all over the cart handle.
You touched the cart handle, at some point, and now you've been exposed.
which means you broke out in YOUR rash 10 days after you were exposed. see?
Also anyone who is immuno-compromised will have the infection worse and probably come down with it quicker.
To be honest, I'm not sure, but I don't see why not. I'm not a doctor and both my older children had it when they were young. I have no idea other than daycare how my daughter got it. Not sure which kid exposed her, her brother got it about 2 weeks after she did. My mother has always told me how she exposed my sisters and I once one of us got it, we all got it at that time. She didn't keep us apart, she didn't want to go through it again, so 4 kids at one time.
I'm pretty sure my oldest son did. That was before the vaccine came out.
Probably - an incubation period is the normal time frame. You never quite know.
Good luck. I hope it's not you - it sucks to get as an adult. My hubby was SO SICK when he got it.
Ugh. So sorry. That truly sucks, especially as an adult. And especially since it's pretty much preventable these days with a vaccine. (Or, at least the vaccine helps mitigate the severity.) Good luck!
I don't know if you have these or a child does, but sorry, they stink!!
Rumor has it you are most contagious before any signs and that once you have the spots you're not really contagious anymore....my daughter got them in Paris a few years ago and that's what they said. They don't vaccinate for chicken pox there. Oddly, she was vaccinated, but she still got them.
I had them as a child and so did everyone in my entire generation. Don't sweat it. You can't really control how they operate. Maybe you can get them before 10 days. Maybe the person exposed was exposed elsewhere too a little earlier. Who knows. If you have them as an adult it's supposed to be super uncomfortable, but you'll be OK with good care. Good, luck!
I agree. You never know sometimes where you got it. My mom used to try to expose us to kids to get it younger (harder on adults) and in the end we got it from school when someone got it from a relative. Even if your child has been vaccinated, I know of breakthrough cases. They are usually less severe, but one case was pretty bad anyway. If you think you have it, hunger down at home with the calamine and baking soda or oatmeal baths.
