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Understanding Chickenpox: Discovering a Common Childhood Illness
Chickenpox is usually mild, but it can occasionally lead to serious complications, especially in adults, pregnant women, newborns, and people with weakened immune systems.
Chickenpox is a common illness that mostly affects young children. In fact, it’s so common that 90% of adults in the UK have had chickenpox during childhood.
The benefits of chickenpox vaccination are two-fold:
- Vaccine protects the individual from getting chickenpox
- It also reduces the spread of infection to people at risk:
– pregnant women
– people who have weakened immune systems – for example, from HIV and AIDS or through treatments such as chemotherapy
Online Chemist Vaccine Centre offers chickenpox vaccines in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth. Varicella vaccination (chickenpox vaccine) can help protect against the varicella zoster (VZ) virus, that causes chickenpox. However, the chickenpox vaccine is not a part of the routine NHS childhood vaccination schedule.
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Chickenpox vaccine schedule
Chickenpox vaccine schedule:
2 doses: Second dose 1-2 months after the first one
Boosters:
None
Age restrictions:
Over 1 year
How much will it cost?
♦ Vaccine – £80 per dose
♦ No consultation fee
FAQs.
What is chickenpox?
Chickenpox is a viral infection that causes fever and an itchy rash of small, raised blisters or crusted spots. The rash spreads over the whole body, a person can have as many as 500 blistery spots.
♦ Chickenpox is more common in children than in adults.
♦ Chickenpox spreads easily from person to person.
♦ Chickenpox usually isn’t serious in healthy children—they almost always get better with no problems.
♦ In people with a weak immune system, chickenpox may be severe and life-threatening.
♦ Even after getting better, the chickenpox virus remains in the body. The same virus can cause shingles (a painful rash of fluid-filled blisters) later in life.
The chickenpox vaccine can prevent chickenpox. At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child and adult. Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
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What causes chickenpox?
Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
The virus spreads:
♦ Through the air, from droplets an infected person coughs or sneezes.
♦ Through touching chickenpox blisters.
♦ After you get over chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. It stays in nerve roots, near your spine. Sometimes the virus becomes active again and causes a rash (shingles) on the part of your skin connected to the infected nerve root.
What are the symptoms of chickenpox?
The first symptoms are:
♦ Fever
♦ Headache
♦ Feeling tired, sick, and not hungry
♦ About 1 to 2 days after symptoms start, the rash appears. At first, the rash consists of small, flat, red spots; within 6 to 8 hours, each spot becomes raised, and an itchy, round, fluid-filled blister forms.
Usually, the rash starts on your face and chest, then spreads to your arms and legs. You may have only a few spots or you may get them all over your whole body, including inside your mouth, vagina, and rectum.
Usually, you stop getting blisters after about 5 days; most blisters crust over within about 6 days and usually disappear in less than 20 days.
Sometimes, people get infections in the brain, lungs, or heart from chickenpox. Pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at risk for serious problems from chickenpox.
What are the treatment for chickenpox?
Chickenpox usually gets better without treatment. To feel more comfortable:
♦ Put cool, wet washcloths on the rash to help soothe itching.
♦ Bathe often with soap and water to stop bacteria from infecting the blisters.
♦ Clip fingernails to prevent scratching, because scratching can cause scars and open the blisters to let bacteria in.
♦ Take antihistamine medicine to lessen itching.
If the blisters get infected with bacteria, you may need an antibiotic from doctors.
How can I prevent chickenpox?
You can keep chickenpox from spreading to other people by:
♦ Getting the chickenpox vaccine
♦ Not going near someone who has chickenpox (if you’ve never had chickenpox)
♦ Keeping children home from school until all blisters have crusted
♦ For adults, stay home from work until all blisters have crusted.
Most people who get the chickenpox vaccine will never get chickenpox. If someone who has gotten the vaccine does get chickenpox, it’s usually very mild.
Is chickenpox serious?
Chickenpox is usually mild in children, but the itching can be very uncomfortable. Children who get chickenpox can miss about a week of school or child care.
In some cases, chickenpox can cause the following conditions
♦ Skin infections
♦ Dehydration (loss of body fluids)
♦ Pneumonia (an infection in the lungs)
♦ Encephalitis (swelling of the brain)
♦ Rarely, chickenpox may lead to death
Complications from chickenpox can be serious & can occur in any person who develops the disease. These complications are occasionally more common in adults, newborn babies, pregnant women & people with weakened immune systems.
The chickenpox vaccine can prevent chickenpox. At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child and adult. Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
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Does the UK vaccinate for chickenpox?
NHS does not offer routine chickenpox vaccine!
The chickenpox vaccine is not the part of UK childhood vaccination schedule.
NHS only offer the chickenpox vaccine to those who are in close contact with someone who is particularly vulnerable to chickenpox or its complications.
You can vaccinate your children at a private vaccine centre. At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child. Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
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Should I give my child the chickenpox vaccine?
The two doses of the chickenpox vaccine are recommended by the CDC for children, adolescents, and adults who have never had chickenpox.
Studies show that almost 9 out of 10 children who had 2 doses of the vaccine, will be completely protected from chickenpox.
At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child and adult. Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
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Can a child still get chickenpox after being vaccinated?
Studies show that almost 9 out of 10 children who had 2 doses of the vaccine, will be completely protected from chickenpox.
Some people who have been vaccinated against chickenpox can still get the disease (breakthrough chickenpox). However, they usually have milder symptoms with fewer or no blisters (or just red spots), a mild or no fever & are unwell for less time than people who are not vaccinated.
At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child and adult.
Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
Start a free consultation now!
How does chickenpox spread?
Chickenpox is highly infectious & spreads easily through close contact from someone who already has chickenpox to others who have never had the disease or have never been vaccinated.
Chickenpox can also spread from people with shingles.
Chickenpox is contagious from 1 to 2 days before the infected person gets a rash & then doesn’t stop spreading until all the blisters have formed scabs.
Vaccinated people who get chickenpox may develop lesions that do not form scabs, they are considered contagious until no new lesions have appeared for 24 hours.
Chickenpox is very contagious, for example, if one person has it, about 9 out of 10 people close to that person who are not protected against chickenpox will also become infected.
Why not let my child get chickenpox naturally?
Chickenpox is a mild disease for many children, but not all. There is no way to know who will have serious complications.
When your child gets the chickenpox vaccine, he or she is getting immunity from chickenpox without the risk of serious complications of the disease.
Why should my child get the chickenpox vaccine?
Protects your child from chickenpox, a potentially serious & even deadly disease.
Keeps your child from missing up to one week of school or child care (also keeps you from missing work to care for your sick child).
The chickenpox vaccine is safe?
The chickenpox vaccine is safe & effective at protecting against chickenpox. Vaccines, like medicine, can have side effects. These are usually mild & go on their own.
What are the side effects of chickenpox vaccine?
Most children don’t have any side effects from the vaccine. However, side effects that do occur are usually mild & may include:
♦ Soreness, redness, or swelling where the vaccine was given
♦ Fever
♦ Mild rash
Where can I get chickenpox vaccine for my child?
NHS does not offer routine chickenpox vaccine as part of the childhood vaccination schedule.
At Online Chemist in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, we offer private chickenpox vaccines (Varivax vaccine) for your child and adult. Call us now to book an appointment on 01493600610.
