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Hello, definitely see your GP and have them do both a viral and a bacterial swab - if it's bacterial (ie cold sores) then you will have an answer in a couple of days, although a viral takes longer to culture, you may get an answer from that (ie chickenpox active in system?). Good luck.
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i asked about testing to find out what it is and he said that it is a blood test to find out if it is chicken pox or if it was chicken pox the first time and that he didnt recommend it for an 18 month old cause it would be pretty traumatic, have to hold her down and the needle and all.
so now he said we should give her the chickenpox immunisation in case it wasnt pox to begin with.
i read that school sores can come about from scratching and pox becomming infected so i guess it is possible to have the both of them at once... BUT it has been almost 2 weeks since antibiotics finished and she has been clear of any more break outs.
is it normal for school sores to come back so quickly?
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Hollo, they can definitely take swabs from the pustules if they are weeping liquid of any sort. My DD had these awful ulcerating mouth sores which were a complete mystery until the Dr took swabs and ten days later voila! it was actually from Chickenpox (she'd been vaccinated and it was one of those freaky things, mouth only).
If you are not happy with this Drs response, take your DD to another Dr for a second opinion (I did and the second opinion Dr was the one who took the swabs and solved the mystery). People do this all the time and it's quite acceptable to Drs to do so.
Re the school sores, yes I would think they could come back that quickly if a) they didn't heal completely last time or b) your DD has been in contact with someone else who has them (they are wildly infectious and are an excludable condition). I wouldn't worry about serious damage, if you have any questions certainly ask your Dr and I'm sure they will reassure you that all is ok. Let us know how you get on.
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