How many times can a child get chicken pox?

julie ann — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:33:26 GMT

how many times can a child get chicken pox?

RE: How many times can a child get chicken pox?

Jay aka EET — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:49:59 GMT

Once, if the immune system is intact. As immunity wanes later in adult life, the virus can reemerge as shingles.

Jay

RE: How many times can a child get chicken pox?

lovesherairman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:04:19 GMT

For the majority of children and adults, Chicken Pox can only appear once. But it all depends on the immune system. Chicken Pox is a virus, which means that after it is in your body it does not leave. The virus settles down in one part of your body and that is where shingles will appear if they ever do. But if your body does not build that immunity to the virus then you can break out with Chicken Pox more times then normal.

RE: How many times can a child get chicken pox?

Undertaker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:14 GMT

Julie Ann,

I had chicken pox age 2 years old , My late mom told me I had them bad , Well when my cousin was age 5 years old at the time , She had chicken pox , My mom was her guardian , I lived at home and sure enough I got Shingles , So i am not so sure about Chicken Pox ..How i know i had Shingles my doctor asked me , If i was around anyone with Chicken Pox , I said, Yes my cousin , Well that answers your question

RE: How many times can a child get chicken pox?

ShahRukh — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:05:53 GMT

Only once if it is not forced to be stopped. It should not be stopped and drugs should be given to complete the full cycle in lesser time. If you will suppress it, then it may appear again, becuase the immunity was not properly developed in the body against the germs of the disease.