Chickenpox and Leukaemia?

message: Hi Riddon

This information might help:

You can contact the Child Cancer Helpline team at: helpline <email address removed> clicsargent.org.uk or telephone: 0800 197 0068. The Child Cancer Helpline is open Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.

http://www.clicsargent.org.uk/Whatwedo/ChildCancerHelpline

message: hey there,
my son has leukemia also. this is alarming when your told any viruses, ie chickenpox measles etc to get in touvh immediately with docs.
but just tolet uknow what we've been told. when chickenpox was around our family at christams time we paniked. because it is scarey!! because no one explains what will happen. anyway the doctor said first of all it must be direct contact with sumone who has it. and two- you inform the your cancer doctor staright away and your son will get an antibiotic injection or antibiotics in the hickman line to be safe. with leukemia you will know their immune systems are rubbish, or none exsistant(when neurophenic) so they do pick things up a lot worse than you or me would. so its really not to scare you ts just really to prevent them from becoming even more ill. i hope this has helped in sum way. love mandy xx

message: Although the strand here I have found is a couple of years old, I'm not great at this kind of internet thing so unsure if I will be repeating others over a few years. Just in case, I'd like to report that my daughter has recently been admitted with chicken pox. After the initial massive panic -0 it has been fine. I thought originally it may have been a viral thing that was causing these strange marks on her body (very very different from what I remember both my children having when they were young - in fact the registrar didn't even diagnose it. Only when the consultant paedatrician came down did he confirm chicken pox). Once he diagnosed it, it was an immediate antibiotic iv situation - which everyone will recognise from when we go into hospital with a temp over 38. My daughter was spiking temps for days and days but essentially there wasn't the panic that you can feel about the fact they have chicken pox (when they get diagnosed you know that these things can be bad). As long as you get them to the hospital it is almost routine. Don't get me wrong because my baby was really ill for a few days, but today (after 5 days of antibiotics) she is back to the little girl I know. Boston Hospital have been outstanding. I don't know medically, but if any parents have even a hint of chicken pox in their child with ALL (I can't comment for AML) then I would hope their experience is similar to mine.