Comments on: Move over Dr. Spock… http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/ a family blog for the whole fam damily Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: austina http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-672 austina Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:48:50 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-672 http://www.urticaria.com/ Did you check out this website? I googled urticaria as and image and yuck...it looks painful! http://www.urticaria.com/

Did you check out this website? I googled urticaria as and image and yuck…it looks painful!

]]> By: Nat http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Nat Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:29:37 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-671 I like chicken soup. I like chicken soup.

]]> By: alice http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-670 alice Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:17:00 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-670 Would the chickenpox vaccine protect one from shingles, or give you the exposure to the virus which, as you say, can come out of dormency later in life? Maybe we haven't been using the chicken pox vaccine long enough to know for sure, but I'm curious. If it turns out that those who had the vaccine have a lower incidence of shingles that those who had the pox, then there is an additional motivation to get the vaccine rather than waiting for the natural immunity. I'm just wondering... I've known people who have suffered through shingles outbreaks and it appears to be pretty awful. Would the chickenpox vaccine protect one from shingles, or give you the exposure to the virus which, as you say, can come out of dormency later in life? Maybe we haven’t been using the chicken pox vaccine long enough to know for sure, but I’m curious. If it turns out that those who had the vaccine have a lower incidence of shingles that those who had the pox, then there is an additional motivation to get the vaccine rather than waiting for the natural immunity. I’m just wondering… I’ve known people who have suffered through shingles outbreaks and it appears to be pretty awful.

]]> By: stelmodad http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-669 stelmodad Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:07:26 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-669 yeah, and skip that whole polio and mmr stuff too... yikes! sorry mike, I spent too much time in health care to pass on the whole immunization thing, and I'm a big fan of the CDC... Alice, shingles is caused when the chickenpox virus (varicella, which the body never gets rid of completely) comes out of dormency. The vaccine available for chickenpox is currently thought to provide lifelong immunity. There would seem to be a correlation then that if the vaccine stopped the proliferation of the varicella virus the first time around, it may help stem the development of shingles later on in life. yeah, and skip that whole polio and mmr stuff too… yikes! sorry mike, I spent too much time in health care to pass on the whole immunization thing, and I’m a big fan of the CDC…

Alice, shingles is caused when the chickenpox virus (varicella, which the body never gets rid of completely) comes out of dormency. The vaccine available for chickenpox is currently thought to provide lifelong immunity. There would seem to be a correlation then that if the vaccine stopped the proliferation of the varicella virus the first time around, it may help stem the development of shingles later on in life.

]]> By: alice http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-668 alice Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:46:50 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-668 Is there a difference between having the chicken pox and being vaccinated for the pox when it comes to susceptibility to shingles and other related conditions later in life? Is there a difference between having the chicken pox and being vaccinated for the pox when it comes to susceptibility to shingles and other related conditions later in life?

]]> By: S-G http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-667 S-G Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:46:48 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-667 I heard that if you have chicken pox at such a young age that puts you at a greater risk of having it again (like I did) and supposivly it is a lot worse the second time around. I heard that if you have chicken pox at such a young age that puts you at a greater risk of having it again (like I did) and supposivly it is a lot worse the second time around.

]]> By: lebee http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-666 lebee Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:43:46 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-666 Hey, I agree with the above comment. Let fuller enjoy the full scope of the chicken pox. He'll be better off for a little natural future immunity! Hey, I agree with the above comment. Let fuller enjoy the full scope of the chicken pox. He’ll be better off for a little natural future immunity!

]]> By: Mike http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Mike Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:37:20 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-665 My advice is let him get it the way most of us did as kids. My little brother managed to avoid it as a child. He picked it up as a grad student in New Orleans at age 26. It nearly killed him. I got it as child.... no problem. Avoid the urge to vaccinate your kids against everything. There is some wisdom in the old fashion ways. Best of luck. Mike My advice is let him get it the way most of us did as kids. My little brother managed to avoid it as a child. He picked it up as a grad student in New Orleans at age 26. It nearly killed him. I got it as child…. no problem.

Avoid the urge to vaccinate your kids against everything. There is some wisdom in the old fashion ways. Best of luck.

Mike

]]> By: mrscrumley http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-664 mrscrumley Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:10:22 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-664 Oh, don't worry, we have an appointment. I would never just show up there. Oh, don’t worry, we have an appointment. I would never just show up there.

]]> By: bobw http://crumleyblog.com/2005/09/26/move-over-dr-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-663 bobw Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:05:41 +0000 http://crumleyblog.com/?p=355#comment-663 if you havent, you might want to call ahead, as they will NOT want you in the office if he does indeed have the pox. if you havent, you might want to call ahead, as they will NOT want you in the office if he does indeed have the pox.

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