Acyclovir For Chickenpox?
May 12, 2015
I caught this awful chicken pox from my daughter who has now fully recovered,i saw my first spot on sat,so took myself to the gp first thing monday and he gave me Acyclovir which i started taking right away,i'm abit worried as he told me it should have been started with in the first 24 hours for the full effect,but my spots didn't start showing until monday ,i only had the two prior to that would it still work? now i'm covered in them and i feel like crap,has anyone gone through this if so how was it and how long did it last for?
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I am in pain, tired, no appetite, diarrhoea, vague. Are all these symptoms shingles related or are some of them due to Acyclovir, co-codamol or Ibuprofen.
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I'm currently taking acyclovir daily as part of suppressive therapy. Shortly after taking medication, I ended up with a yeast infection (confirmed by the doctor), and she prescribed me medicine. Those symptoms started feeling better, and I was feeling back to my normal self, but now I'm more reddish again than my normal color and feel a bit inflamed. My symptoms seem consistent with how I normally get with bacterial vaginosis (BV). Does anyone know if taking antivirals can cause BV? (similar to how antibiotics cause yeast infections?). I tried looking it up online but couldn't really find a straightforward answer, and I'm wondering if any of you have had experience with this.
I'm getting really frustrated, since my initial OB was pretty bad with swollen lymph nodes and other discomfort. Was getting over a yeast infection, and now I'm feeling like something else is going on! If this ends up being BV, and if taking acyclovir can potentially cause BV as a side effect, I'll have to take flagyl for that, which always ends up giving me a yeast infection. I feel like this is a never ending circle of discomfort.
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Hi I am a 32 year old third time sufferer of bells palsy. I always seem to get it at this time of year - May/June and am thus starting to wonder if it is related to my intense hay fever. While I have used the standard steroid/acyclovir combo each time I have also found acupuncture to be helpful and I am undergoing treatment twice weekly at the moment as I am in the acute stages of the bells. I also take Methylcobalamin B12 as a supplement to protect nerve tissue. Dont let Bells take over your life! If you can manage the pain and breathe through the experience you will come out stronger the other side.
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Ive just caught it off my two young daughters (who both still have it). I paid to have a private jab £125 to vaccinate me against chicken pox as soon as my girls developed it. Anyway, a week later i felt very tired, spent all of wednesday in bed, temperature of 37.9c, went work on thursday, hot and sweaty (thinking it was the jab), friday, got up feeling rough, covered in spots (jab was too late).
Id say i had about 1-2 thousand spots, my head was one red carpet. My body, back, arms, and tops of my legs are all covered, tho not as dense. My doctor gave me a sick note for two weeks (but thats only after i told him i didnt want to self cert). But thats all he gave me. No pills, lotion, nothing.
Anyway, most days have been spent in bed with brief periods with the screaming girls. My wife has been wonderful, coping with it all, just giving me space and making sure i drink!
Oddly, the big spots have got bigger and the small ones seem to be retreating, but it just looks like really bad acne. I have also found that the areas i didnt put calmine lotion on are much more comfortable and a lot less inflamed... I left my chest alone altogether and ive hardly noticed it.
Wish id never put any on my face and head.
Im taking lemsip twice a day and any old painkillers i can find before i go bed.
I cannot see that i will be in any shape to go work in 10 days, not unless they start scabbing over soon.
I spent the first few days really worrying about the scars i may get on my face, now i couldnt care less, i just want it over asap, i want to be able to eat without pain, sit, lie down, blink without feeling the huge blisters on my eylids touching, pick things up without the blisters on my fingers screaming.
Other than that im starting to feel ok, im going to go round the house later and remove all the mirrors.
My advice, only put calomine lotion on if you need to, keep cool - avoid sweating if poss. And avoid reading stuff on the internet, this site is the exception, i want to hear from someone on day 14...
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I have just come back from the Dr. and told it 'may' be CP. On Sunday (2 days ago), I noticed two spots and thought they may be bites. Thought nothing of it, but on Monday, these spots turned into 6 different blisters around the same area. I have been given calamine lotion.
It doesn't help that, as I going through my menopause, I get the odd flush (which of course could be temperature change re: CP)
I have been generally feeling unwell, but we had a hectic few days a couple of weeks ago for a big event at work and put it down to that, along with the change of weather.
It also doesn't help that I take medication for blood pressure and therefore, the odd headache may be due to that, or it may be due to CP.
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I was wondering if it's safe for me to be around my 13 week pregnant friend as one of my other friends child has chicken pox? And I've spent alot of time with him this week?
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i wanna know if a child has chicken pox he can take bath and he can go to sea ?
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Am i right in thinking that there is a injection available for chickenpox.
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i had chicken pox 2 months ago, and the marks is still on my skin and im trying so hard to get rid of it but their not going away.do you know anything or anyway on how to get rid of chicken pox mark?
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My son has terrible chicken Pox, he has it everywhere & so aggressive too!! tried virasoothe which helped, now using Poxclin which seems much better!
I'm I'm unsure if I should keep my 6month old away from others in case she has it but it hasn't come out yet?
can anyone advise?
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I got the chickenpox 6 months ago for the first time at the age of 21. I have Psoriasis but they were dormant until the chicken pox, it took me near enough 6 months and still ongoing, to get rid of them by UV Treatment. Now my brother has chicken pox, and i was wondering if can i get them again within 6 months of the last time ?
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I am 49 and have contracted chicken pox from goodness knows where. Having been teaching for 10 years and already having it as a child I am flabbergasted to have caught it again and seem to have caught it during half term away from children! There is only one child in our school that seems to have been off with it recently but apparently according to my doctor, it is rife in our local area at present!. I am into week 5 and still coming out in spots!! I am depressed, fed up, worried about my job and totally wiped out!! Has anyone out there had spots coming out after 4 - 5 weeks? I thought it was all supposed to be over in 3? I am now on antiviral tablets but they just make me feel sick and don't seem to be doing anything!
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I had chicken pox in February and after a few weeks they went but I still have one on my chest and its sore, what can I do?
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I am 12 years old and I have chicken pox. I got chicken pox from my brother who is 7 years old. I also have a sister who is 10 years old. My sister does not have chickenpox yet. My chicken pox are so itchy. How can I make the less licht?
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For the last week I have been feeling out of sorts..loss of appetite, exhaustion, sickness.. then I developed a rash starting on my stomach and spreading now to my back, chest, tops of arms and legs. It starts of as a blister looking rash and is VERY itchy!!! Some of the bumps have scabbed over and some are looking flaky.
Anyway visited GP yesterday who thought it was one of two things, PR or chicken pox.. he couldn't give me an exact diagnosis but has signed me off for a week to rest.. any ideas what it could be? Is there anything that distinguishes between the two?
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To my knowledge I have never had chicken pox. I have been taking Pred for three years and am now down to 3mgs from 15. My granddaughter is with me with chickenpox. Should I be worried please?
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I am a 33 year old male, and I did have CP as a child.
I work in the airline industry, so many hotels, airports and closed areas.
My first symptom was one or two spots that I thought were bug bites.
Then I was feeling feverish and sore for a couple days while having night sweats for 3 nights. Still only a few spots on my head, I thought were zits or bug bites. on day 5 or 6 of all the symptoms, I woke with at least a dozen spots on my head and neck, this was at 4:30a, by 12p I was covered with at least three or four hundred spots. Doctor said he would do a culture to verify CP or Shingles (there IS a difference) but all I could do was ride it out, don't itch, take a antibiotic to keep the chance of a skin infection down.
I currently have them all over head, face, neck, back chest, groin, with a few more randoms on my upper legs and shoulders. with the numbers increasing to over five hundred at least.
I am hoping for few scars and a quick recovery!
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Never had the chicken pox as a kid and somehow caught it while out because started getting severely itchy about 3 weeks back. Originally just thought I was having a reaction to something, but started to get a lot of rashes, and then the spots. Went to the walk-in clinic and doctor confirmed it was chicken pox. This was about 3 weeks ago. General rule is no longer contagious once crusted, but new rounds of spots started to come, including even this past weekend, thankfully after a few days those seem to have crusted out. Tried to go back to my uni today to get outside and meet a friend from lunch. Hit with MAJOR exhaustion about an hour into my bus ride, and also have been experiencing extreme nausea yesterday and all of today. I thought that 3 weeks was a good amount of time to take things easy, I have been doing nothing but staying inside at home and trying to get a lot of rest, but now I'm wondering if I need to give things more time. Lying in bed and feeling a lot of nausea and fatigue.
So, to the adults out there who have gotten chicken pox, is this normal!? What was your post new spot recovery period like. Is a lot of nausea and fatigue to be expected? Also for the ladies, did you happen to have any aching in the stomach/pelvic region...
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My younger sister, aged 13, is suffering from what possibly looks like Chicken Pox. She has had rashes and blisters for about 3-4 days now. The rashes are prominently on the face, some of them are on the arms, torso, and waist area. She also has fever, bodyache, and physical weakness. I have not consulted a doctor yet due to certain religious beliefs of my family, related to this disease. Is it Chicken Pox or something else?
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My chicken pox the watery bubbles became to look like pimples on the 3rd day! is this normal? when will the pimple lookalike bubbles totally disappear?
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