In thinking you should vaccinate against Chicken Pox if you can afford it?

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I just don't see the downside.

I currently have two mum mates moaning about their nurseries having confirmed chicken pox cases. They could just have their kids vaccinated to alleviate the worry surely?

Well the thing is technically I can afford to but I’m never going to prioritise private healthcare over other thing in these circumstances.

? I can make head nor tail

I nearly vaccinated mine as I had chicken pox as an adult. Despite it going round school 3 times my kids only caught it recently aged 4 and 6 so on balance it was fine for us. However my GPs view was that it should of offered to reduce the impact of shingles in older adults which was something I had not considered.

I vaccinated my ds and wouldn't think twice about doing it for any future children, I can't understand why anyone who can afford it wouldn't tbh. A lot of gp surgeries offer private vaccinations and it was only £50 per dose at one 10 mins from me.
Yes if you have multiple children who haven't had chicken pox yet and you want to get them all vaccinated at once it can be costly but for most people you'd just vaccinate one child at a time when they get to the minimum age so easy enough to save up for most people.

Exposure to wild chicken pox is supposed to boost the immune responser to help prevent shingles in older people. If children get immunised then less chicken pox is about to promote this response which is why they say shingles cases may increase

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Well the thing is technically I can afford to but I’m never going to prioritise private healthcare over other thing in these circumstances.

? I can make head nor tail”

Really? it simply means I have things I consider a better use of my £150. I’m sure there are lots of vaccines I could get for my family privately if I were so inclined- instead I trust the NHS schedule and spend my money elsewhere

@Passthecherrycoke What should be prioritised over healthcare?

In what circumstances cherry? What better use do you have for £150?

I haven’t
And no other paediatric consultant or haematology consultant I know has

There is a huge rate of primary infection as young adults with associated fall out in countries that do

I discussed vaccinating my DC with my GP when I was about to have major surgery and it was going around nursery. With me convalescencing for 6 weeks the timing would have been spectacularly bad.

The GP strongly advised against it, due to it wearing off and leaving them vulnerable, this was particularly important for DD, to ensure she was immune should she decide to have children. I took his professional advice.

@NailsNeedDoing

You do realise mumps can cause impotence in men and rubella can cause miscarriage and birth defects when contracted by pregnant women?

She doesn't have to answer to any of you. If she had something else to spend £150 on then that is her business

The reason the vaccine isn’t given routinely is because of the majority of the population was vaccinated those people who do NOT get the vaccine are likely to catch it later in life rather than as children and the symptoms are much worse if you are older. There would likely be a rise in the cases of shingles which can be quite a horrible disease.

However, I know plenty of people who have had really awful cases of the chicken pox despite getting it at “the desired age” which is why I have vaccinated my child. £150 well spent in my opinion. Lots of people at nursery have been stressing about an outbreak of chickenpox and lots never considered the vaccine.

Thanks for posting this, I wasn’t aware of this vaccine. I caught chicken pox when I was 12 and it was awful! Will be taking 12 month old DD to be vaccinated.

Mumps rarely caused sterility in men (not impotence). It did cause my brother to go deaf in one ear though

I wish it was offered by the NHS as a routine vaccination. It seems ridiculous that children are still going through this. I can't afford the vaccine.

I'm very worried as my DC are now 8 and 11 and still haven't ever had cp, despite being exposed to it numerous times.

So basically you trust the NHS schedule, cherry? Hence why you are ignoring the science. What about men b before they did that on the NHS? Did you get that for your children? Would you always refuse private healthcare?

I got the vaccine for my 2 dcs, I'm not well off, lived on a bit of a shoe string for a few months to save. I remember having chicken pox as a kid and it was hell, didn't want to see my kids go through that. Country I used to live in in my early 20s had the vaccine as part of their routine childhood schedule, did a lot of research into the pros and cons, pros far outweighed the cons and I will get my kids shingles vaccine when they're older too.

@formerbabe sorry to hear that.. hope they get it soon and get it mild

What age can you get the shingles vaccine?

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Presumably you don’t actually pay cash for your healthcare? You use the NHS or private healthcare and for some reason have deemed this one treatment necessary to pay cash for? Why would you be surprised others don’t? It’s obvious the majority of parents don’t vaccinate for CP.

You don't get the shingles vaccine until you are in your 70s so I think they may be able to sort that out themselves!

“What about men b before they did that on the NHS? Did you get that for your children?”

No. No one did, don’t pretend it was common.

I vaccinate my 2 after I saw how ill my NDN’s little boy got with it. He got infected pox and ended up with septicaemia. Even a couple of years later he still has really noticeable scarring on his face as a result. I know it’s unlikely to be that severe but it’s just not worth the risk in my opinion

Yes. I am so perplexed by people who know about the vaccine, can afford it but want their child to suffer? £100, not even the £150 other posters have spent.

As for the GP saying it wears off... well that's what boosters are there for surely?

I have facial scarring from childhood chicken pox, and I had a mild dose. Why do we allow children to be disfigured when we can vaccinate and I know a few children who have had severe complications from it too.

God loads of stuff. Holidays, savings, clothes, nice meals out.

Lost me.