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Having gotten chicken pox when I was 18, I can assure you that it was miserable; I was in a hospital isolation ward, and nobody wanted to come near me.
Later in life, having had chickenpox increases your risk of developing shingles, an intense and debilitating pain in the nervous system. There's a vaccine for it, which I highly recommend.
You should, of course, discuss this with your physician and not take medical advice from WikiAnswers.
It is more severe than a child who get it's. Symptoms similar to a child's but can be more severe and it be good to obtain the antiviral medication from the GP to control the virus from multiplying. This helps to reduce severity and complication or secondary infection from occurring.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe symptoms of chicken pox in adults may at first appear very light but can get a lot worse as the disease develops. Several symptoms that might lead to chickenpox diagnosis often contain increased body temperature (fever), headache, cough, feeling of a sore throat and skin rash. It is considered wise a patient should contact his/her physician or doctor before the symptoms reach a high level.
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox starts as a viral fever with sore throat in adult. Then you get a maculopapular rash which soon get converted in to vesicles. The vesicles come in batches. The disease is much more severe in adult than in children.
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox spots often show up first on the head and chest, and then spread elsewhere in the body. It's not unusual to have hundreds of blisters or sores.
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Can you get chickenpox as an adult If you were a carrier as a child?
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.
Can chickenpox kill someone?
For children, chickenpox is not deadly, but if an adult catches it for the first time, it can be very dangerous. If an adult has a compromised immune system already, chickenpox can be deadly.Sure is.
Can a child die from chickenpox?
Yes, a child can die from chickenpox, but the vast majority of children recover from chickenpox with no long-term effects.
Who has chickenpox?
Prior to chickenpox vaccine, 90% of adult had a history of chickenpox. Today, with routine vaccination in the US, the numbers are lower.
Can an adult get chickenpox from a child?
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.
Who would heal faster with chickenpox a 4 month old baby or an adult?
A baby would heal faster with chickenpox than an adult, in general.
What happens if you get the chickenpox at a very old age?
Getting chickenpox as an adult has a higher risk of complications and death.
Is a 78 year old person at risk mixing with someone with chickenpox?
If the older adult has had chickenpox or the vaccine, there is no additional risk from exposure to chickenpox. If not, the person should avoid contact with the chickenpox patient.
Is adult chickenpox worse than childhood chickenpox?
yes. it has a higher percentage of death than a kid would.yep
Can you get chickenpox as an adult if you never had them?
Yes, when your a child and you get chickenpox you develop immunity to it because your immune system understands the virus that gives you chickenpox so can battle it with ease. If you haven't had chicken pox yet, your immune system doesn't have time to understand the virus and therefore it's completely knew to your body.
Can a child get adult measles?
Adults can get both chickenpox and shingles. Prior to universal vaccination in the US, chickenpox was considered a "childhood" disease. Since vaccination became routine, the average age of chickenpox patients has increased. The virus that causes the disease, varicella zoster virus, lives, dormant, in the spinal cord after the disease is over . In later adult years, this can flare up again as shingles. An adult who never had chickenpox or the vaccine can't get shingles. Between one in five and one in three adults will get shingles after having chickenpox.
Can you only get adult chickenpox on one part of the body?
Chickenpox in children and adults is typically throughout the body. Shingles is likely to be found on only one part of the body.
