So, what if the kid is now 12 and no sign of chicken pox? - Page 2

[SuburbanHippie]

13 is still plenty young. 

[emmy526]

Originally Posted by Mama Soltera 

Well, he's 13 now. What to do???

I feel like we're at the point now that people would consider more dangerous. And I did have the test done to see if he was immune and he's not.

My son is 15 and never had CP that i know of.. i suspected it when he and his sisters were small, but the dr thought it was bug bites..(.i dont know of many bugs where we live that cause blisters that ooze and crust over)..our area doesn't have those kind of insects... You say you're at a point that people would consider more dangerous? What people?  Media, Friends, Hearsay? How is your sons overall health in general? You should make your decision on sound reasoning, not fear-mongering.  And tests are not always accurate.. my brother had to get tested for lyme disease 4TIMES b4 it showed up and then he had to push the dr to order the test, even tho he was exhibiting massive symptoms.  Titers can show up later on too..even after a negative reading. 

[Marnica]

Originally Posted by Mama Soltera 

Well, he's 13 now. What to do???

I feel like we're at the point now that people would consider more dangerous. And I did have the test done to see if he was immune and he's not.

 The fact is CP as an adult CAN be more dangerous - doesn't mena it WILL be. It is only a possibility. Again I had CP when I was I think 20. I had a bad case - very itchy. I spent a week in an aveeno bath chilling out wathcing tv from my bathtub. I had no complications (other than having to wash my bedsheets daily yuk!) and while it sucked - had I to do it over again or get the vaccine - id do it over again. Perhaps CP when one is 40 is more serious? I don't know, but I certainly wouldn't freak out by 13.

If my son who is now 3 has not had CP and no titres by the time he is 18, he can make his own choice about it. I will educate him and then he will be an adult and make his own desicion. As long as your child is otherwise in good health, there is no reason to think he would have complications from CP. I also use homeopathy a great deal and CP can be treated naturally.

[Mama Soltera]

I guess my main concern is because he's a boy in puberty. If he became sterile and it was because of my actions (or rather inactions) I could never forgive myself.

[serenbat]

I guess my main concern is because he's a boy in puberty. If he became sterile and it was because of my actions (or rather inactions) I could never forgive myself.

aren't they slim to none (in only very rare cases temporary) ? as with ANY high fever-not just CP

[Mama Soltera]

Ah, that would be silly if people tried to make that about CP then. Does anyone have this information for sure? If that was the case (and it's not the actual virus causing it) then I would definitely consider that a ridiculous argument and feel better.

[serenbat]

fever being just one of sooooooooo many reasons (NOT one I would base a need to vac on)----

there are tons on info on fever related but again so many other factors can play greater risks

www.netdoctor.co.uk/menshealth/facts/malefertility.htm

if CP was causing the problem there would be stats and I see none that make it even a 1% cause