Chickenpox is an infectious disease, which, contrary to widespread misconception, can not only infect children, but also adults who have not previously contracted or been vaccinated against this infection. Adults in many cases suffer this disease more heavily than children, with a long enough fever, muscle and headaches, a high risk of joining a bacterial infection. In addition, after rashes in adults on the skin often remain scars, get rid of which is not easy.
Can I get a vaccine from a chicken pox for an adult?
Vaccination against chickenpox, if desired and necessary, can be carried out at any age. Therefore, many experts recommend vaccination against chickenpox for adults who have not had it in their childhood or do not have accurate data about it. A really important vaccination is for women planning to conceive a child, because, having become infected with chicken pox during this period, they endanger the normal development of the fetus.
It also does not hurt to vaccinate those people who are in frequent contact with the probable carriers of the varicella-zoster virus . For example, they are employees of children's pre-school establishments and schools, health workers, employees whose activities involve staying in places of concentration of a large number of people, etc.
There is also a category of people for whom the development of the disease can lead to very serious complications and even death, and therefore vaccination is simply necessary for them. Such people include:
- those who suffer from severe chronic pathologies ( heart failure , grade III hypertension, diabetes mellitus, etc.);
- those who are diagnosed with acute leukemia;
- patients receiving treatment with drugs that reduce immune defense, or undergoing radiation therapy;
- patients undergoing preparations for organ and tissue transplantation.
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Where to vaccinate against chickenpox adults?
Vaccination can be performed at the polyclinic at the place of residence or work in the direction of the therapist, as well as in specialized centers or private medical institutions. Inoculations are given to healthy people, and with existing chronic pathologies - against the background of improvement of the condition. For the formation of immunity it is necessary to inoculate twice.