A mother who was told her son had the 'worst case of chicken pox ever seen' was turned away by a doctor's surgery just days before.
Jasper Allen spent five days in hospital with his entire body covered in red, raw, itching sores - which became severely infected.
It was so bad his mother Sarah, 36, said doctors considered contacting medical journals as they had never seen such an extreme case.
He was put on an IV drip and given antiviral medication, antibiotics and morphine to help his ravaged body fight the virus.
Mrs Allen claims two days before he required emergency treatment, she was refused an appointment at her local GP surgery because a receptionist did not think the condition was severe enough to warrant a visit.
The mother-of-two is now calling on the Government to make a vaccination against the disease - currently only available to certain children on medical grounds - free for all on the NHS.
Mrs Allen, a nursery manager from St Neots, Cambridegshire, said: 'Everyone's reactions in the hospital were just complete shock over how severe it was - the doctors all wanted to come and see this worst ever case of chickenpox.
'It shouldn't have affected a healthy two-year-old as badly as it did - imagine how it could have affected a child with a compromised immune system.'
She continued: 'I was one of those parents who couldn't wait for my two to get chickenpox so then it was out of the way - I didn't think there was any harm in letting him get it.
'But to see him get it like that and see how it took over his body was just heart-breaking.
'Nearly every child I've ever had in my care has had chickenpox at some point, but never like this.
'It was definitely not "just chickenpox" and I want people to realise this.'
She said every parent says their child's chickenpox was bad, but when she shows people pictures of Jasper none of them can believe just how bad it was.
Source: Daily Mail
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