Because the earlier they get chicken pox, the better. The older you get you can get complications and they are a lot worse. Once you have chicken pox as a child your body is then immune so it's unlikely you will have them as an adult.
Yes, a parent of a child with chickenpox can pass on the virus to others through direct contact or respiratory droplets. It is highly contagious.
If you had chickenpox as a child, there is no special care required if you are pregnant and were exposed to chickenpox.
A carrier of chickenpox is someone who is infected but doesn't have symptoms. Most people who get chickenpox do not get infected twice. You are not likely to get chickenpox as an adult if you had them as a child.
Yes, a child can die from chickenpox, but the vast majority of children recover from chickenpox with no long-term effects.
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If you want to get your child immunity to chickenpox, the use of chickenpox vaccine is a more controlled approach that has a lower side effect profile than natural chickenpox infection.
Yes. Since Chicken Pox is contagious, the primary way to get it is from being exposed to someone else who currently has it - whether that be a child or an adult.
Yes, most commonly a child gets chickenpox from being around an infected person. Other possibilities that are less common are touching a surface recently touched by someone with chickenpox, or coming in direct contact with wet blisters or sores of someone with shingles.
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In the US, you may be eligible for unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act time off to care for a child with chickenpox. Ask your human resources department if FMLA applies to your employer.
no! your child needs help and besides chickenpocks are contagious! don't bring back that horrible disease again!!