Chicken Pox Vaccine?

[goldilocksandmylittlebear]

Has anyone had their child vaccinated against Chicken pox?

Any problems?

Totally agree with you thisisyesterday. I didn't even know it was a risk as not so well publicised as rubella. I did totally freak out and other mums thought I was being precious not wanting to expose my dd to their kids chickenpox. It was me I didn't want to expose. Luckily I can relax now as had it although dh says the point is moot as we are not having any more. We shall see

I had chickenpox as a pregnant adult. Grim.

That said I wouldn't vax a child for CP but would have considered it had they got to teens and not had it. I dod worry about the lifelong immunity from all jabs TBH. Some of ds's college friends have had mumps yet all had MMR.

Also does CP vax mean you can get shingles? I'd rather an otherwise healthy child have a decent dose of CP than inflint shingles on them

From what I have read its only a matter of time before its added to the MMR becoming the MMRV.

i wouldn't be surprised. they seem hellbent on adding as many different vax's as they can on younger and younger children.

If the chickenpox vaccine were to be added to the list of childhood vaccinations, it is feared that there would be a greater number of cases of shingles in adults, until the vaccination was given to the entire population. This is because adults who have had chickenpox as a child are less likely to have shingles in later life if they have been exposed occasionally to the chickenpox virus (for example by their children). This is because the exposure acts as a booster vaccine.

Therefore you would need a booster later on in life if given the vaccine at around 12 months.

Studies have shown that about 90% of adults are already immune to chickenpox despite being unable to remember having had the infection. This is because it is possible to have chickenpox infection without developing the characteristic fluid-filled blister rash!
So you could have already had the pox and not known! Strange!