Guest guest Posted July 27, 2000 Report Share Posted July 27, 2000 Anne, Yes, this is the form of coxsackie that our doc thought Gracie might have, but I am doubtful since she has absolutely no sores/blisters/rashiness anything in her mouth. And her throat and tonsils were reddened today, so I'm leaning more towards scarlet fever, but we won't know until her strep culture comes back. Anyway, thanks for the input!! " Anne . " wrote: > , > > When I was a senior in HS, I worked at a Nursing Home. I had just > gotten my orthodontic braces back on.. and we had a patient that had > Shingles... which is from the same virus that causes chicken pox. > The nurses knew that she had it, but didn't bother to tell any of us > that did all the personal care stuff. It was the patient that told > us. > > But because I had just gotten my braces back on, they hurt, and my > hands kept going to my mouth... I did wear gloves to cares, & such. > And I also washed my hands millions of times. But I got this > infection in my mouth! In the mouth it is called Herpangina... it was > kind of like chicken pox, they hurt, and having my braces break every > bubble in my mouth, just about drove me bonkers. > > Herpangina is caused by a virus known as the " sackie virus " > > It went away on its own, just like chicken pox, and shingles do. I > drank liquid lidocaine the entire time, to numb up my mouth from the > sores caused by the infection, and then by my braces opening them all > the way up.... they bled lots once open! > > Just thought that was interesting since I knew the Herpangina thing, > but I didn't know it was caused by the sackie Virus (didn't even > know sackie Virus existed!... so that may also be why!) > > Love Always, > Anne > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Being Sick Community > > Chat Room > Daily Chat at # on IRC DALnet > http://www.elderwyn.com/members/chat.html > > Memorial Page > http://www.elderwyn.com/members/inlovingmemory.html > > Members Lounge > *FREE counselling via email > *Daily Horoscopes > *FREE psychic/tarot readings via email > *Daily cartoons > *Medical Resources and more.... > http://www.elderwyn.com/members > > Members Profiles, locations and birthdays > > > Message Archives > messages/ > > Upload your Picture > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe > subscribe/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > “Hold on to what is good, even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to > what you believe, even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on > to what you must do even, if it's a long way from here. Hold on to > your life, even if it's easier to let go. " - Pueblo Prayer > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 We are still looking for that missing piece, too, now and I've been stewing about sackie. If I understand correctly, it's not a herpes virus, so it would need a different antiviral. I Googled up some info on Cocksackie antivirals and it seems that there is some success with them according to some camps. I always wonder about a virus my son had when he was a baby... He was sooooo sick for over a week... we called the pediatrician but they told us what to do over the phone and we never went in. We sat and held him for the entire Christmas break that year... he was so miserable and uncomfortable. Of course, he was too little to tell us what was bothering him. I wonder what that virus was and if that was the big trigger for him, although I believe he had issues (at least his hypotonia) before that. I know one of my kids probably had " Hand, foot, and mouth disease " at one point (I think we saw the blisters), which is a form of Cocksackie.... can't remember which kid it was, though! It's highly contagious, though, and you can have it and have no symptoms, so I guess I'd never know who really had it without titers. Anyway, this is something I don't believe we've ever done labs for. Caroline > From: Barb Katsaros <barbkatsaros@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:53:23 -0800 (PST) > < > > Subject: RE: sackie Virus??? (long, sorry) > > I don't think we had that test to see if my kids got > it. I bet kutapressin helped it. Altho, my son > didn't improve much on it. Dr. G and I are still > trying to find out what his " missing piece " is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Argie, Maybe I need to look up RSV and learn about it. The bummer is that I don't really remember what all of my son's symptoms were, it was so long ago. I think I'll look back through his medical history and read the nurse's notes from then. I've always wondered what hit him then. Caroline > From: Argie Olivo <golivo@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:05:00 -0800 > < > > Subject: RE: sackie Virus > > Hi Caroline, > > got RSV virus when he was about 7 months old. I'm not sure if we > could get him tested to see if maybe that had something to do with his > immune problems, but he was sick for about 2 weeks with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Someone asked what anti-viral the doctor has prescribed. It is Acyclovir, aka Zovirax. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Thanks, Most of our () kids are on an acyclovir med anyway (Valtrex or FamVir) and in some cases Zovirax where Valtrex and FamVir are not available. Re: sackie Virus Someone asked what anti-viral the doctor has prescribed. It is Acyclovir, aka Zovirax. > Responsibility for the content of this message lies strictly with the original author(s), and is not necessarily endorsed by or the opinion of the Research Institute and/or the Parent Coalition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Don't forget there are other common viruses that are also known to be latent and often continue chronic infection in an immune-stressed person. I've heard of that happening with West Nile Virus (without the encephalitis), and another common virus whose name I can't remember, but that my kids had over the summer and haven't been quite right since. Seems it also started with a C... I'm going to have to look back thru their records. I remember reading about it at the time, thinking... " Great. Just great! " . I had forgotten this until the most recent discussion, and I'm going to ask to have it tested for, since my youngest is running a low grade temp on and off for months, now. --- Caroline Glover <sfglover@...> wrote: > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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