Is it better to get chicken pox or get the vaccine?

Pox parties vs. vaccination. Catching chickenpox once or getting a vaccine against the virus that causes it makes most healthy people immune to it for life. Some children who receive the vaccine may still get the illness, but the symptoms tend to be milder, causing fewer blisters.

Is the chickenpox vaccine really necessary?

CDC recommends two doses of chickenpox vaccine for children, adolescents, and adults who have never had chickenpox and were never vaccinated. Children are routinely recommended to receive the first dose at age 12 through 15 months and the second dose at age 4 through 6 years.

Can I get chickenpox if I had the vaccine?

Some people who have been vaccinated against chickenpox can still get the disease. However, they usually have milder symptoms with fewer or no blisters (or just red spots), a mild or no fever, and are sick for a shorter period of time than people who are not vaccinated.

Is it bad not to get chickenpox as a child?

So here are some quick facts about the infections. If you never had chicken pox as a child, can you still get the infection as an adult? Yes. Although most cases of chicken pox occur before age 10, adults who have never contracted the infection are still at risk.

What age is best to get chicken pox?

Who Gets It? Children under age 2 are most at risk for chickenpox. In fact, 90\% of all cases occur in young children.

How many people have died from getting chickenpox vaccine?

Two deaths were reported in that year, a two-year-old child and a 42-year-old adult. An eight-year-old child died in 1998. None had previously received chickenpox vaccine, which was licensed for use in the U.S. in 1995. Nationally, it is estimated that approximately 100 varicella-related deaths occur each year.

Can you lose immunity to chickenpox?

Being exposed to chickenpox as an adult (for example, through contact with infected children) boosts your immunity to shingles. If you vaccinate children against chickenpox, you lose this natural boosting, so immunity in adults will drop and more shingles cases will occur.