What age is best for 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. But older kids and adults can get it, too.

Can you get chicken pox third party?

If one of your children has chickenpox, it will probably spread to other members of the household who are not already immune. If someone else catches the infection, it will appear two to three weeks after the first family member got it. If your child has an immune system disorder, contact your doctor.

What is so bad about chickenpox?

Varicella and zoster continue to cause significant morbidity and even mortality in children and adults. Complications include bacterial superinfection, central nervous system manifestations such as meningitis, encephalitis, and cerebellar ataxia, and pain syndromes especially post herpetic neuralgia.

Are chickenpox parties a good idea?

Some people continue to hold pox parties as an alternative to receiving the vaccine. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn against this practice, saying that chickenpox can have severe and sometimes life threatening consequences.

Are pox parties safe?

Pediatricians have warned against holding pox parties, however, citing dangers arising from possible complications associated with chickenpox, such as encephalitis, chickenpox-associated pneumonia, and invasive group A strep.

Does chickenpox cause brain damage?

Chickenpox is a serious disease because it can cause scarring, pneumonia, brain damage and sometimes death. One in 33,000 people with chickenpox can develop encephalitis (brain inflammation). After you have had chickenpox, the virus stays in your body.

Should you get chickenpox as a child?

True: Chicken pox (aka varicella) is generally thought of as a mild childhood illness. Its symptoms can include fever, aches and headache a couple of days before the outbreak of the well-known rash that causes itching and often blistering.