Is it possible to get one or two of the tell-tale "pox" on your skin after receiving the chicken pox vaccine?
964784
YES! it happened to my little girl. The doctor told me that the outbreak would be very mild and it was about 2 or three small spots that looked like bug bites.
982062
when i had them i was told that the spread by contact, using stuff that the patient has used and even getting too close to the sick person.\n\nHope you get better soon.\njust remember to NOT scratch or the pox will leave scars forever like they did to me. 2 on arms and 1 on foot.
536641
There have been many cases where Chicken pox have infected a human more than once in their life.  But, it's very dangerous for an adult to have it, so you might want to get her to see a physician sooner than later.  Be safe!
561991
I had chicken pox(yes, confirmed by Doc, not shingles) when I was 23. It started out with feeling unwell then turned into pleurisy(inflammation of the lining of the lungs)and I whistled like a tea kettle and could not inhale deeply without doubling over.The next day the spots appeared. My sons were 1 and 4 at the time and I gave it to them. It lasted for weeks and I had to go to the doctors every other day so he could make sure I did not get pneumonia. I had them on my palms, my soles of my feet, even my gums!(couldn't brush because they'd pop and spread.) I laid on the couch sick as a dog for 2 weeks until the baby got them too.He was relentless because every time I would lay down he would come pick my spots.I have 3 scars on my face from him. We laugh about this now that he's 11 but it wasn't fun at the time.
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts. Chickenpox is caused by a virus.\n\nThe virus that causes chickenpox is varicella-zoster, a member of the herpesvirus family. The same virus also causes herpes zoster (shingles) in adults.\n\nCauses, incidence, and risk factors    Return to top \n\nIn a typical scenario, a young child is covered in pox and out of school for a week. The first half of the week the child feels miserable from intense itching; the second half from boredom. Since the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine, classic chickenpox is much less common.\n\nChickenpox is extremely contagious, and can be spread by direct contact, droplet transmission, and airborne transmission. Even those with mild illness after the vaccine may be contagious.\n\nWhen someone becomes infected, the pox usually appear 10 to 21 days later. People become contagious 1 to 2 days before breaking out with pox. They remain contagious while uncrusted blisters are present.\n\nOnce you catch chickenpox, the virus usually remains in your body for your lifetime, kept in check by the immune system. About 1 in 10 adults will experience shingles when the virus re-emerges during a period of stress.\n\nMost cases of chickenpox occur in children younger than ten. The disease is usually mild, although serious complications sometimes occur. Adults and older children usually get sicker than younger children do.\n\nChildren under one year of age whose mothers have had chickenpox are not very likely to catch it. If they do, they often have mild cases because they retain partial immunity from their mothers' blood. Children under one year of age whose mothers have not had chickenpox, or whose inborn immunity has already waned, can get severe chickenpox.\n\nThe pox are worse in children who have other skin problems, such as eczema or a recent sunburn.\n\nComplications are more common in those who are immunocompromised from an illness or medicines like chemotherapy. Some of the worst cases of chickenpox have been seen in children who have taken steroids (for example, for asthma) during the incubation period, before they have any symptoms
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According to my understanding:\n\nExperience during the past 4 years with more than 14 million doses of varicella vaccine distributed in the United States indicates that vaccine-associated virus transmission to contacts is extremely rare (only 3 well-documented cases to date) and occurs only if the immunized person develops a rash (Merck and Company, Inc, unpublished data, 1999). \n\nVaricella vaccine is safe; reactions are generally mild and occur with an overall frequency of approximately 5% to 35%. Approximately 20% of immunized persons will experience minor injection site reactions (eg, pain, redness, swelling). Approximately 3% to 5% of immunized children will develop a localized rash, and an additional 3% to 5% will develop a generalized varicella-like rash. These rashes typically consist of 2 to 5 lesions and may be maculopapular rather than vesicular; lesions usually appear 5 to 26 days after immunization. However, most varicella-form rashes that occur within the first 2 weeks after varicella immunization are due to wild-type VZV.31 Although a temperature higher than 38.9°C (102°F) has been observed from 1 to 42 days after immunization in 15% of healthy immunized children, fever also occurs in a similar percentage of children receiving placebo and is not considered to be a significant adverse event of immunization.32 A temperature higher than 37.8°C (100°F) has been reported in 10% of adolescents and adults who are immunized with the vaccine. Serious adverse events, such as encephalitis, ataxia, erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pneumonia, thrombocytopenia, seizures, neuropathy, and death, have been reported rarely in temporal association with varicella vaccine. In some cases, wild-type VZV or another causal agent has been identified. In most cases, data are insufficient to determine a causal association.\n\nAlthough there has been concern about waning immunity, follow-up evaluations of children immunized during prelicensure clinical trials in the United States revealed protection for at least 11 years, and studies in Japan indicated protection for at least 20 years.19,20 However, these studies were during a period when a substantial amount of wild-type VZV was present in the community, with many opportunities for boosting of immunity by subclinical infection in immunized persons. Experience with other live virus vaccines (eg, measles, rubella) suggests that immunity remains high throughout life; the primary reason for second doses of measles vaccine is to induce protection in children who did not respond to the first dose, not because of waning immunity. Follow-up studies of clinical trials in children are being performed to determine the need, if any, for additional doses of varicella vaccine. \n\nThe varicella vaccine virus has been demonstrated to cause herpes zoster in immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons within 25 to 722 days after immunization. Data from postlicensure surveillance indicate that the age-specific risk of herpes zoster seems to be lower in immunocompetent children immunized with varicella vaccine than in children who have had natural infection. A population-based study indicated that the incidence of herpes zoster after natural varicella infection among immunocompetent children younger than 20 years of age was 68 per 100 000 person-years33 while the reported rate of herpes zoster after varicella immunization among immunocompetent persons was approximately 2.6 per 100 000 vaccine doses distributed (CDC, unpublished data, 1998). However, these rates should be compared cautiously because the former rates are based on populations monitored actively for longer periods than the passive surveillance after immunization. Wild-type VZV also has been identified in persons with herpes zoster after immunization, indicating that herpes zoster in immunized persons also may result from antecedent natural varicella infection.
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OUCH!!!  Normally, your rash or skin ulcers will decrease before the pain goes away.  Shingles involve a virus that invades the entire nerve and can cause damage to the area that might come and go for a long time.  Let me also say, that Shingles can be picked up from children who have or have been innoculated for chicken pox; as it is the same kind of virus.  You can get shingles more than once; but, I can say from experience that once is enough for anyone.  God Bless!
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I know someone who had it 3 times--and each time was pretty bad.  He is a very rare case though!  If you even THINK you may have it, stay away from people like infants and the elderly--you may be contagious and you do not want to give it to someone who has a compromised immune system!
476697
you get a large bump on the skin at the site of injection. it should be checked by a doctor or nurse in 2-3 days. sometimes people get false positives if they ever had a vaccine for it, especially in othr countries
1068755
I am glad you are at least asking the question.  Get bookds from the library.  There is one called "A shot in the dark" and it was soooo illuminating.  Did you know vacine manufacturers cannot be sued if they damage your hild?  Did you know how many cases of vaccine damage there are???  Itis really an eye opener, but too much for this small space.  Get the books, go to the library.  It is worth it
91278
I had bad chicken pox at ages...2,5, and 8. I am now 30 yrs old and they have not come back. My immune system took a few times before it came up with the antibioties for it.
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All of the above, plus, if you care about your kids friends (and it's okay with their folks) junior should go play with them a few hours so they get it too.  Once you've had it once, it's very rare to get it again, and chicken pox as an adult is a nightmare.  My poor lovely wife got it, and we laughed and we laughed, but it was apparently very serious.\n\nAveeno/oatmeal/calamine all sound like good ideas for the poor thing...\n\ngood luck!
221843
I'm not sure but check to see if the goat has chicken pox, she might have got it from him. Goats are known carriers of the pox. lol
205744
You can't do anything to get rid of the chicken pox. All you have to do is keep the child inside and away from other kids and adults who never had the chicken pox. It is highly contagious and can be deadly to adults (who never had it). Just be patient and try your best to keep your cousin from scratching. The less he or she scratches the faster they will go away and the fewer scars there will be in the end.
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to prevent scars, all u need to do is to not scratch the red swellings and i highly doubt u need to avoid chickens and eggs. dont worry, the chicken pox should subside soon :)
901872
Yes, you could get them later if you are exposed to them (get near someone who has them during their contagious stage). They are more damaging if you get them as an adult.  You might ask your doctor if you can get a vaccination for them or what recommendation he/she would make for your protection.\nDon't wait, the sooner the better.
525173
All my 4 kids have had it and anti itching creams and lotions did not work for any of them. What seemed to work best, was to take off as much of their clothes as possible: the warmer/sweatier they were, the more pox they got. What worked wonders for my youngest daughter was this syrup she took on doctor's prescription and ever so slightly numbed the nerve ends and therefor made her less itchy (I'm really sorry, I can't remember the name...). It made her a bit sleepy too, which was actually not too bad: the more they sleep, the quicker the body gets better!\nBy the way, my doctor did not want me to rub anything on the chickenpox, lotion or cream: according to her it made the chance of (mild) infections bigger, with the result not only that the skin is more irritated and itchier, but also  a much bigger chance of scars......