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by: Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:07am  
I went to bed last night with a few itchy bumps on my arms.  I woke up this morning with about 10X as many itchy bumps all over. Every time I check, it seems like I have more bumps! I don't know if I ever had chicken pox as a kid but my wife is pretty sure that is what I have!  My wife had them when she was 21 and said she was miserable.  I know there's not much you can do, but I see my PCP tomorrow to verify what I have and to see if they have any ointments/creams that might help. 4951
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TexasOma Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:10am  
Calamine lotion, oatmeal soap 4951
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CantStandTex Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:11am  
Calamine lotion, oatmeal soap
 
@TexasOma: Or you know.....A doctor.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:12am  

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>> Calamine lotion, oatmeal soap
 
@TexasOma: Or you know.....A doctor.
 
@CantStandTex: Probably where he got the Pox.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:14am  

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>> Calamine lotion, oatmeal soap
 
@TexasOma: Or you know.....A doctor.
 
@CantStandTex: Uhhhhhh ---- I'm a nurse!!!  By my license I can teach, advise, instruct, educate!!!   Plus, my kids had chicken pox & I had them when I was a child - have a tad bit of experience.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:16am  
You might want to call your PCP's nurse today. If those pox keep showing up they may call in a prednisone pack and antiviral for you so aren't so miserable. I highly doubt  they would want you in the office, but some doctors will risk exposing the whole office instead of losing a copay. Get a few good Pictures you can forward, take your pulse and temp. and keep an eye on it during outbreak, no hot baths when running  a fever. Good luck.. Liquids and rest 4951
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CantStandTex Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:16am  
Plus, my kids had chicken pox
 
@TexasOma: You had your kids when you were a child? I guess they start young in Texas.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:16am  
I went to bed last night with a few itchy bumps on my arms.  I woke up this morning with about 10X as many itchy bumps all over. Every time I check, it seems like I have more bumps! I don't know if I ever had chicken pox as a kid but my wife is pretty sure that is what I have!  My wife had them when she was 21 and said she was miserable.  I know there's not much you can do, but I see my PCP tomorrow to verify what I have and to see if they have any ointments/creams that might help.
 
@Retired_Engineer:
 
Make sure they know what you suspect so they can take any necessary precautions. Do they give antivirals to make it less severe? If so, you need to get on it early.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:17am  
Uhhhhhh ---- I'm a nurse!!! By my license I can teach, advise, instruct, educate!!!
 
@TexasOma: What do you recommend for a constant case of aggravation?
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:19am  

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>> Uhhhhhh ---- I'm a nurse!!! By my license I can teach, advise, instruct, educate!!!
 
@TexasOma: What do you recommend for a constant case of aggravation?
 
@CantStandTex:
 
Call yourself a Texan... Lol 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:21am  
Call yourself a Texan... Lol
 
@sweetie: I'll go from aggravated to enraged.@Retired_Engineer, hope you feel better you bully.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:21am  
RE, you can go to Walgreens or HEB. I think they have a clinic I think. I hope it's not the shingles. I think chicken pox would also be on tummy. 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:39am  
RE, you can go to Walgreens or HEB. I think they have a clinic I think. I hope it's not the shingles. I think chicken pox would also be on tummy.
 
@sweetie: I took the Shingles vaccine a year ago.   My wife just came up and yanked my shirt up to look at my stomach and chest.  I have bumps there too.
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:44am  
I got them when I was 19.  Do not take a hot shower or get too sweaty   - it makes them come out more.  I have scars on my scalp because I put on oven mitts and scratched the ones no one would hopefully ever see to satisfy myself.@Retired_Engineer - do you need anything?  I will be swinging past your hood between 5:30 and 5:45 on the way to church and about 8 on the way back.  Let me know.  I hope you start feeling better. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 11:48am  
Well, nothing left to do but put your footie pajamas on and settle in for a few days on the couch catching up on your soaps.  Condolences to your wife. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 21, '16 12:23pm  

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>> RE, you can go to Walgreens or HEB. I think they have a clinic I think. I hope it's not the shingles. I think chicken pox would also be on tummy.
 
@sweetie: I took the Shingles vaccine a year ago.   My wife just came up and yanked my shirt up to look at my stomach and chest.  I have bumps there too.
 
@Retired_Engineer: Well you shouldn't have bothered with that vaccine if you never had chickenpox before as you wouldn't have been able to get shingles. A person who has never had chickenpox, if coming into contact with someone with either CP or shingles can develop CP not shingles. I had chickenpox as a kid and have many scars from the experience but it is much worse for an adult, my old supervisor (who is no longer with us sadly but CP wasn't the reason) had chickenpox as an adult and it was awful. If memory servers you are contagious until the last lesion scabs over. While technically speaking there is no evidence to suggest the shingles vaccine you took is the cause of your current predicament, it does expose you to the virus and since you had apparently never been exposed before it isn't impossible that your vaccine played some role. You should probably have gotten the regular varicella vaccine instead.
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