yesterday I noticed a painful red bump behind my knee. then I noticed another one on my back this afternoon in school. and when I got home I was feeling my scalp and noticed a weird bump on my head. my dad looked at it and said it was weird and dark red. Is it something that i should worry about?

Thomas1970

I have no idea why it is called Chicken Pox.

J_9

It won't do you any harm. But don't take any more. Aspirin, even children's Aspirin can cause an illness called Reye's Syndrome. It is especially dangerous if you take aspirin and have chickenpox. This is a very dangerous illness, so your parents should not have any form of Aspirin in the house until all kids are over the age of 16 - 18.

DO NOT TAKE ANY MORE ASPIRIN!!! NOT EVEN PEPTO-BISMOL IF YOU GET A STOMACH ACHE!!! Pepto has aspirin in it.

Tell your parents that they should get rid of all aspirin products in your house. Use tylenol, motrin or advil instead.

Thomas1970

Here's the answer! This one is interesting.

http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tph...,,3q8n,00.html

I guess if you pop them you get something akin to Hummous?

J_9

I found another interesting one here

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...=1006041001444

Thomas1970

That's an interesting link. Any one of those seems plausible. I have no idea which one of those is correct.

J_9

If there is even a correct answer?

However, I cannot stress how important it is for a child NOT to take Aspirin!!

Reye's Syndrome is noted to happen if you give a child who has chickenpox aspirin. This is a VERY dangerous illness, and I really prefer not to get into just how dangerous it actually is!!

Aspirin or any aspirin containing product should ONLY be given with a doctor's prescription to children under the age of 16 - 18.

Thomas1970

I'm in total agreement here. Please listen to J_9, she most definitely knows what she is talking about. Please tell your parents not to use aspirin anymore.

kashumz

My parents already know. My dad was upset when he found out.

and Im an only child. ;]

can I take childrens advil and such?

J_9

Yes, take advil, motril or Tylenol, get the aspirin out of the house!!!

kashumz

The aspirin I took was Bayers.

and one of the pox I had on my chest popped.. but now there is something hard, like skin sticking out of it, and a pink ring around it..