Vaccines and Preventable Diseases. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. Related Pages. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website. When to Delay or Avoid Chickenpox Immunization The varicella vaccine is not recommended if your child: had a serious allergic reaction to an earlier dose of varicella vaccine or its components, which include gelatin and the antibiotic neomycin has a disorder that affects the immune system such as cancer is taking steroids or other medicine that weakens the immune system is undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy Talk to your doctor about whether the vaccine is a good idea if your child: is currently sick.
Generally, simple colds and other minor illness should not stop your child from getting a vaccine. People who take aspirin should stop for 6 weeks before getting the chickenpox vaccine. Pregnant women should not get the chickenpox vaccine until after they give birth.
Caring for Your Child After Chickenpox Immunization Check with your doctor to see if you can give either acetaminophen or ibuprofen for pain or fever and to find out the right dose. When Should I Call the Doctor? Call your doctor if: You aren't sure if the vaccine should be postponed or avoided. There are problems after the immunization. And when enough people get vaccinated against chickenpox, the entire community is less likely to get it. So when you and your family get vaccinated, you help keep yourselves and your community healthy.
Learn more about how vaccines help protect your whole community. Chickenpox usually spreads when a person touches chickenpox or shingles blisters — or if they breathe in the virus. You can breathe in the virus after someone with chickenpox or shingles scratches their blisters, which releases the virus into the air.
Learn more about chickenpox. People who have only had 1 dose of chickenpox vaccine need to get a second dose. Children age 12 months and older need to get the chickenpox vaccine as part of their routine vaccine schedule. Children ages 1 through 12 years can get the MMRV vaccine, which is a combination vaccine that protects against chickenpox, measles, mumps, and rubella.
Like any medicine, there's a very small chance that the chickenpox vaccine could cause a serious reaction. It is currently only offered on the NHS to people who are in close contact with someone who is particularly vulnerable to chickenpox or its complications. There are 2 chickenpox vaccines currently available.
Chickenpox is a common childhood infection. Usually, it's mild and complications are rare. Almost all children develop immunity to chickenpox after infection, so most only catch it once. The disease can be more severe in adults. Certain groups of people, however, are at greater risk of serious complications from chickenpox. These include:. This is to lower the chances of infecting people at risk.
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