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Celiac And Chicken Pox

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10 kids at DD's school have come down with chicken pox-all had been inoculated! DD is feeling yucky today and the nurse mentioned it and wants us to keep an eye out. Now I'm worried about my little celiac. She has not been inoculated yet, but apparently that wouldn't even matter. My question is are there additional concerns with her if DD brings chicken pox home from school?

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Guhlia Rising Star
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I wouldn't think there would be any extra concerns for a Celiac. Just make sure that the medication you use on her skin is gluten free.

FeedIndy Contributor
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Thanks! I finally got a hold of her ped and he said the same thing. I'm just paranoid about everything these days. :unsure:

Guhlia Rising Star
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Hey, I would've been on here asking the same question. Better to play it safe, then to be sorry. At least now you know and you can relax a little bit. :)

Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular
Fiddle-Faddle
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Over half our elementary school came down with chicken pox last year. The principal refused to say how many kids were affected, and downplayed and hushed up the whole thing. I only found out how many there were at one point because the county health nurse called to follow up on our son, and I asked her point-blank how many kids SHE knew about from our school, and it was nearly half--and she said she thought that it was about the middle of the epidemic.

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happygirl
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FeedIndy,

Its ok :) We all worry about every single little thing, too. As with most other sicknesses, the main thing to be careful of is ingredients in meds. But if your little one is adhering to a strict gluten-free diet and has no known complications, they *should* be just normal little ones!

I have other health issues now, but before that, when I was "only" (haha) a Celiac, that I was just as healthy as anyone else ... that my body was just like anyone elses....as long as there is no gluten. If there is gluten....watch out ;). The "neat" thing about Celiac is that its one of the few autoimmune disorders that are, for the most part, 100% managable. If we don't have gluten, life (usually) is good!

Here's hoping to no chix pox!!!

Laura

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heathen
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you may not want to soak them in non-gluten-free oatmeal. sounds gross i know, but i took many oatmeal baths when i had chicken pox. of course, that was over 20 years ago when i didn't know what celiac was.

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my little one has the chicken pox right now. she had the vacine 2 years ago. oh well, she doesn't have a very bad case of them and does not act sick at all. but, we did have to cancel her dental work that was supposed to be done on wed.

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mommida
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My two Celiac, non-vaccinated kids had very mild cases of chicken pox.

Chicken pox is a virus that over taxes the liver at flushing out the toxins. When the liver can no longer handle flushing the toxins, the body uses the next best organ for flushing out the toxins - the skin.

L.

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