Crackers
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Hi girls,
I'm after some advice. One of my friend's LO is at nursery where they have had an outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (I'd not heard of it before now!), plus Chickenpox "in the area". So far, her little one is fine but with both illnesses there is an incubation period. So my friend is now concerned about us seeing eachother for a while in case her LO is "incubating", and she somehow passes it on to me (we see eachother during working hours, I hardly ever see her LO).
How much do you think I should worry? Would you avoid your friend if you was in this situation? I've tried to say that maybe it's a little over-cautious to avoid eachother whilst her little one is fine, but she's worried about passing something onto me.
On top of that, my cousin's LO has German Measles. I had this as a kid, but according to my midwife my immunity to it is very low (blood test results). Can this only be passed on directly, or could my cousin (who doesn't have it) carry it and pass it to others..?
Argh...Am I just over-paranoid?!
I'm after some advice. One of my friend's LO is at nursery where they have had an outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (I'd not heard of it before now!), plus Chickenpox "in the area". So far, her little one is fine but with both illnesses there is an incubation period. So my friend is now concerned about us seeing eachother for a while in case her LO is "incubating", and she somehow passes it on to me (we see eachother during working hours, I hardly ever see her LO).
How much do you think I should worry? Would you avoid your friend if you was in this situation? I've tried to say that maybe it's a little over-cautious to avoid eachother whilst her little one is fine, but she's worried about passing something onto me.
On top of that, my cousin's LO has German Measles. I had this as a kid, but according to my midwife my immunity to it is very low (blood test results). Can this only be passed on directly, or could my cousin (who doesn't have it) carry it and pass it to others..?
Argh...Am I just over-paranoid?!