7 year old not had chicken pox yet

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So I was thinking I should get him vaccinated against it.

Is cp worse the older you are when you get it? Or is that not necessarily the case?

I don't know if it's a proven fact but that's generally been my experience. My eldest hadn't had it despite being in childcare from 6 weeks old. She got it about aged 8 and she was so so poorly with it, she spent the whole time in bed dry retching. My youngest got it at the same time about aged 2 and she was abs fine apart from the spots. Dh also had it as an adult (before we met) and he said it was horrendous

I think it's if you get it as an adult that it can make you feel more ill although I actually know 2 adults who have recently had chickenpox (caught from their children) and they were mostly ok.
I did however choose to get my daughter vaccinated as I didn't want to risk complications. We know a child who was extremely ill from it. For us vaccination was the right choice.

I had it aged 10 and had it very mildly. I presume I was lucky enough to have already had some natural immunity which is why it took me so long to catch it despite plenty of exposure, and led to a milder illness! So I don’t think it’s a given that your DS will suffer badly.

My 14 yo ds had it earlier this year. He narrowly avoided hospital he was so poorly. My 5 yo had it at the same time and was a bit under the weather.

I'd go for it.

My DP got it for the first time at 37 (caught off our daughter who had just started school) she was fine, I've honestly never seen anyone as ill as DP was, he was almost hospitalised at one point, he was ill for around 3 weeks.

The girls I look after had it aged 10 and 9 years. The oldest had it mild/ moderate and the 9vurar old had it really mild. I think it's when you're an adult that its worse

My other 3 dcs had it as babies/toddlers and they were grumpy but fine.

I wonder why he hasn't caught it yet. I just don't hear of many kids getting it anymore.

I'll look into vaccination I think.

I got it at 8. It went around my school at the time and I can clearly remember being one of the only ones who didn't get it...until nearly 2 weeks after the last person, where I'd looked up at something on the ceiling and my table mates erupted with "CHICKEN POX!"

I had it horrifically. It was in my mouth, the corners of my eyes, everywhere. I was in bed for a week. I don't know if it was just one of those things, because I was older or because I was exposed to it so much (going with the theory that if one sibling gets it the second has it worse?)

DS1 got it at just under a year and had very few spots - however he then got shingles at age 6 and gave his brother chicken pox from there (who then infected a large percentage of his nursery!) I was told that early exposure to pox makes it more likely you'll have shingles at a young age, but again I'm not sure if that's true.

My son got it when he was 8 ,he didn't suffer badly with it he was just very itchy and a bit uncomfortable but not unwell.