Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would say. Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin (antibodies aren't made with exposure). As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Ooooh yuk . I've never heard of this before! Yes I agree - no poxes for us! Regards, from Down Under From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Tracey Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2009 1:36 PM Subject: [ ] Pox viruses It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would say. Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin (antibodies aren't made with exposure). As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 wow! Tracey, never heard of that one, is it painful? Itchy? I have two daughters with psoriasis, one very bad, one not too bad, and that is a nightmare disease. You girls be very careful, Bobby From: Tracey <traceyincanada@...> Subject: [ ] Pox viruses Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 9:36 PM It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would say. Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin (antibodies aren't made with exposure). As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Good Lord -- a year! Now THAT'S an undeserved penance for anyone -- especially mom! From: traceyincanada@... Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 02:36:12 +0000 Subject: [ ] Pox viruses It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would say. Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin (antibodies aren't made with exposure). As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! Tracey _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!5\ 03D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 That's sound like a tight corner to be in. I had never heard of it either. The dr suspected I had a recurrence of chicken pox a couple of years ago to explain some side pain but I had no skin lesion and it stayed inconclusive. Acyclovir doesn't work as preventive treatment for the moluscum c. ? Marcos. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Tracey <traceyincanada@...> wrote: > It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is > currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same > pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter > illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would > say. > > Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so > she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell > you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got > infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. > Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. > > I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently > it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed > immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little > nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with > low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there > is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin > (antibodies aren't made with exposure). > > As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only > lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes > even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. > > , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! > > Tracey > > -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 468 9926 (cell) marcospg@... montereyunderwater@... www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Cml pts and gleevec patients can't take the 'vir' drugs i thought... Best to check the drug interactions, but my memory is no 'vir's. Rhonda Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Re: [ ] Pox viruses That's sound like a tight corner to be in. I had never heard of it either. The dr suspected I had a recurrence of chicken pox a couple of years ago to explain some side pain but I had no skin lesion and it stayed inconclusive. Acyclovir doesn't work as preventive treatment for the moluscum c. ? Marcos. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Tracey <traceyincanada@...> wrote: > It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is > currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same > pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter > illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would > say. > > Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so > she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell > you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got > infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. > Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. > > I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently > it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed > immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little > nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with > low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there > is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin > (antibodies aren't made with exposure). > > As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only > lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes > even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. > > , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! > > Tracey > > -- Marcos Perreau Guimaraes Suppes Brain Lab Ventura Hall - CSLI Stanford University 220 Panama street Stanford CA 94305-4101 650 614 2305 650 468 9926 (cell) marcospg@... montereyunderwater@... www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 It's not in the interaction list in drugs.com. I think it's a fairly common preventive treatment for patients with a compromised immune system to avoid recurrences or novo infections from several viruses in the herpes/pox families. Marcos. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:28 AM, <Sionito@...> wrote: > Cml pts and gleevec patients can't take the 'vir' drugs i thought... > Best to check the drug interactions, but my memory is no 'vir's. > > Rhonda > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > Re: [ ] Pox viruses > > > That's sound like a tight corner to be in. I had never heard of it > either. The dr suspected I had a recurrence of chicken pox a couple of > years ago to explain some side pain but I had no skin lesion and it > stayed inconclusive. Acyclovir doesn't work as preventive treatment > for the moluscum c. ? > Marcos. > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Tracey <traceyincanada@...> wrote: >> It's funny that this topic should come up now. My daughter is >> currently battling with molluscum contagiosum which is in the same >> pox virus family as chicken pox. I'm calling this one a Harry Potter >> illness though as I find the name sounds like something that he would >> say. >> >> Thankfully, unlike chicken pox, molluscum is localized to the skin so >> she's not sick like someone with chicken pox would be but I'll tell >> you, she doesn't look too pretty either. Some of the spots got >> infected which caused her to go through two rounds of antibiotics. >> Now I'm holding my breath waiting to see if I'll catch it. >> >> I had never even heard of mollusum until she got it but apparently >> it's a fairly common childhood illness. People with suppressed >> immune systems can get nasty cases of it which has me a little >> nervous. I'm uncertain how well my immune system will function with >> low white counts. I know I don't have immunity to it because there >> is no immunity to gain with it since it's localized to the skin >> (antibodies aren't made with exposure). >> >> As if that wasn't stressful enough, unlike chicken pox which only >> lasts a couple of weeks, this beast can last up to a year, sometimes >> even more, so I know that I'm not going to rest for a while. >> >> , I hope we're both able to escape our respective poxes! >> >> Tracey >> >> > > > > -- > Marcos Perreau Guimaraes > Suppes Brain Lab > Ventura Hall - CSLI > Stanford University > 220 Panama street > Stanford CA 94305-4101 > 650 614 2305 > 650 468 9926 (cell) > marcospg@... > montereyunderwater@... > www.stanford.edu/~marcospg/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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