Chicken pox rife in the village!

[baneko]

There seems to be an epidemic of Chicken Pox sweeping my village. My whole house has it apart from us who have it already.

Many kids and adults in other houses are coming down with it.

Obviously its the kids playing and adults interacting is passing it like wild fire. There seems to be no attempt to control the spread even with some adults suffering quite badly. Ive kept the kids indoors so not to pass it to others and explained to them why. Others dont seem to have a clue.

I'm close to Phanat Nikhom, Chonburi. Anyone else on the East side seen the same outbreak of Chicken Pox lately?

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[Sheryl]

There are outbreaks in several parts of Thailand now.

Anyone not already vaccinated, should get the vaccine ASAP. It is highly infectious, very hard not to catch if you have any contact with an infected person.

It can be especially severe in adults. Even in children, a small percentage go on to develop serious or even life threatening complications.

[bina]

i have a question. here on kibbutz, all the kids get it at the same time, since they are all in groups from age one month... and now with vaccines i think that the lastest group of kids are vaccinated... in the past, mumps was given to boys, and measle vaccines only to girls here ... question is?

how do i know what my thai husband has had or not had? since we dont have young children here at home, no grandkids and my kids are grown, he has not been exposed here to all the childs' diseases as he also doesnt eat in our main kibbutz dining room, and he works off the kibbutz so ahs been fairly isolated.

going back in a month to his village, should i get him vaccinated, or does it stand to reason that at his age he has already been exposed or has had them or been vaccinated? age 41 from korat area. he hasnt a clue. he hates doctors. to get him to get a vaccine or a blood test means i will have to hit hmi over the head with a vodka bottle and drag him there, so would rather avoid if not needed.

he's been in israel 10 years and we have no yearly adult medical program or checkups. people show up when ill, or dont bother to go. i was also considering getting him tatanus again but the doc ruled this out a few years ago as most likely him having had one shot before arrival, therefore no need and claiming that if injured he would get a booster anyhow (he works in a kitchen, not agriculture) so debating.

[wolf5370]

When I was a kid they used to have chicken pox parties. When a kids came down with it, all the kids would come around - general thinking was that its better to get it as a kid, because it can be much worse for adults.

[baneko]

i have a question. here on kibbutz, all the kids get it at the same time, since they are all in groups from age one month... and now with vaccines i think that the lastest group of kids are vaccinated... in the past, mumps was given to boys, and measle vaccines only to girls here ... question is?

how do i know what my thai husband has had or not had? since we dont have young children here at home, no grandkids and my kids are grown, he has not been exposed here to all the childs' diseases as he also doesnt eat in our main kibbutz dining room, and he works off the kibbutz so ahs been fairly isolated.

going back in a month to his village, should i get him vaccinated, or does it stand to reason that at his age he has already been exposed or has had them or been vaccinated? age 41 from korat area. he hasnt a clue. he hates doctors. to get him to get a vaccine or a blood test means i will have to hit hmi over the head with a vodka bottle and drag him there, so would rather avoid if not needed.

he's been in israel 10 years and we have no yearly adult medical program or checkups. people show up when ill, or dont bother to go. i was also considering getting him tatanus again but the doc ruled this out a few years ago as most likely him having had one shot before arrival, therefore no need and claiming that if injured he would get a booster anyhow (he works in a kitchen, not agriculture) so debating.

I would get him vaccinated if hes coming home to Korat. At 41 it might be quite severe.

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[meatboy]

yes it can be quite servere in adults I got it when I was 26 and I suffered more from it than after my heart surgery.

[Sheryl]

Bina,

At 41 he will not have been vaccinated as a child in Thailand. If he does not remember having had chickenpox, ask his Mom, if she also does not remember it then yes he should be vaccinated. Ditto for mumps while he is at it.

I can't believe your area immunizes only girls for measles, as the disease is equally severe in both sexes. Mumps does have special risks for boys so while it is normal to vaccinate all children for it (actually a combined measles-mumps-rubella vaccine) I can at least see a rationale for targeting only boys. But the measles thing makes no sense at all. Did you perhaps mean rubella (German measles)? That is linked to birth defects if contracted during the first trimester of pregnancy so there would be a reason to prioritze girls, but not for regular measles. (Even so, normal practice would be all children, all 3 vaccines).

[baneko]

Today now my missus has caught it. Probably from taking care of the kids. Three kids still with no symptoms but gonna get for sure. The mother inlaw not sure if shes had it before. This could get messy.

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