Re: STAN!! Questions about exposure to Varicella

[Guest guest]

I want to clarify that I don't think that shingles was the main

trigger, but one of many to consider.

I am looking to see if this would be the basis for a good reasoning

to use Valtrex due to the circumstances with my nursing him while

having shingles.

> I cannot believe that this is now dawning on me.

>

> In late spring of 2002 I was diagnosed with shingles. I was nursing

at

> the time ,our ASD son, who was 8-9 months old. According to what I

> recall reading you have to had chicekn pox to get the re-outbreak

of

> varicella as shingles.

>

> I can't recall if I did take the Valtrex script or not. I am

thinking

> no as I did not want to stop nursing, but I cannot remember for

certain.

> I remember the doctor telling me is may/may not help with post-

herpetic

> neuralgia and I was " past " the point of catching it early.

>

> At 13 months my son had his first ever need for antibiotics for

> bilateral ear infections. He had a reaction to the Amoxicillin and

was

> given Benadryl. At 14 months he got MMR, DTap, and Varicella

> immunizations and was totally changed by 16 months into an ASD kid.

> I stopped nursing right around 14 months.

>

> What if any connection is there to my shingles?

>

[Guest guest]

my husband has ITP and actually got the shingles while he was out of remission with his ITP. my 8 mth old daughter came down with the chicken pox from him having the shingles and then my 2 yr old (2 at the time) also got the chicken pox a week after my 8 mth old came down with them! kim wrote: I want to clarify that I don't think that shingles was the main trigger, but one of many to consider.I am looking to see if this would be the basis for a good reasoning

to use Valtrex due to the circumstances with my nursing him while having shingles. > I cannot believe that this is now dawning on me.> > In late spring of 2002 I was diagnosed with shingles. I was nursing at > the time ,our ASD son, who was 8-9 months old. According to what I > recall reading you have to had chicekn pox to get the re-outbreak of > varicella as shingles.> > I can't recall if I did take the Valtrex script or not. I am thinking > no as I did not want to stop nursing, but I cannot remember for certain.> I remember the doctor telling me is may/may not help with post-herpetic > neuralgia and I was "past" the point of catching it early.> > At 13 months my son had his first ever need for antibiotics for > bilateral ear infections. He had a reaction to the Amoxicillin and was > given Benadryl. At 14 months he got MMR, DTap, and Varicella > immunizations

and was totally changed by 16 months into an ASD kid.> I stopped nursing right around 14 months.> > What if any connection is there to my shingles?>

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[Guest guest]

KIm--what is ITP?

My son is 5 now and NEVER got chicken pox. Granted, he got varicella

vax @ 14 months--but was exposed prior to that.

> > I cannot believe that this is now dawning on me.

> >

> > In late spring of 2002 I was diagnosed with shingles. I was

nursing

> at

> > the time ,our ASD son, who was 8-9 months old. According to what

I

> > recall reading you have to had chicekn pox to get the re-outbreak

> of

> > varicella as shingles.

> >

> > I can't recall if I did take the Valtrex script or not. I am

> thinking

> > no as I did not want to stop nursing, but I cannot remember for

> certain.

> > I remember the doctor telling me is may/may not help with post-

> herpetic

> > neuralgia and I was " past " the point of catching it early.

> >

> > At 13 months my son had his first ever need for antibiotics for

> > bilateral ear infections. He had a reaction to the Amoxicillin

and

> was

> > given Benadryl. At 14 months he got MMR, DTap, and Varicella

> > immunizations and was totally changed by 16 months into an ASD

kid.

> > I stopped nursing right around 14 months.

> >

> > What if any connection is there to my shingles?

> >

>

>

>

>

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