if my 11 month old child has just come down with chicken pox, will he still need his imunization shot at 1 yr?

Answer 1

I doubt it but ask the doctor.

Answer 2

No! Even children who get the shot have a chance of catching the chicken pox still. The difference is, children who get the shot probably wont get the chicken pox until later in life, and that is when the chicken pox is deadly. If your baby already had the chicken pox, he is much better immunized and safe throughout his entire life from deadly chicken pox than most children and giving him the shot is just putting him through unnecessary pain because it will not prevent anything more, and actually prevents less than the real thing.

You always have those people who have had 3 bouts of the chicken pox, or shots and still get the disease...worst case senarios that are as about as likely as the common person having an a severe adverse reaction to something like peanut butter. While it does happen, it doesn't stop most of us from eating Jiff. This is one injection that you should skip, as there are risk in having the shot in general, and there are no benefits since he will already have the best type of immunity.

Answer 3

My daughter had the chicken pox shot when she was 1 and has never had the chicken pox. Now she is 9 and has developed what the doctor called "Shingles Rash". Which was/is caused by chicken pox or may I say the chicken pox shot, seeing that she hasn't had chicken pox.

Answer 4

Not if it's recorded in his records at the doctors office that he's already had it. My daughter had it at that age as well but by the time we got her to the Doctors office after a long holiday weekend, the Dr. couldnt tell for sure it was chicken pox because it was clearing up so she got the shot anyway.

Answer 5

Discuss this with your physician. Some doctors will not immunize a child for an illness they've already had.

Personally, I'm against the injection for this particular virus. At this point in time, they really don't know how long the vaccine is going to last and I'd rather chance my child having the chickenpox and naturally building immunity to it than waiting to see if the vaccine will wear off and they end up with the illness as an adult. The risks and complications from chickenpox as a child is fairly limited versus that as an adult.

Answer 6

It depends on how severe the case is. When I asked the Dr. she told me that my son wouldn't get it again due to the severity of it. I said, does that mean my sister could get it again. She said no, only because from what I described, my sister was a carrier (we are in our 30's now, but she gave it to us). So.. to answer your question, no.. you would not need to get him vaccinated, however, make sure you tell the Dr. that he had gotten chicken pox. My daughter was vaccinated, however, from talking to the Dr., she said, while my daughter is vaccinated, it does not mean that she will or cannot get chicken pox.

Answer 7

no its not recommended if they have already had it (you cannot get chicken pox more than once)
actually the vaccine isn't considered to be very effective it is recommended all young children are exposed to chicken pox so that they can become naturally immune to it

Answer 8

I would say probably not.
I wish that my daughter wouldn't have gotten the shot because now they are saying that you build up immunizations for other illnesses when you get chicken pox. And if they get it when they are adults, it can be life threatening.

Answer 9

No. If he has had the disease then the vaccination is not necessary. The only exception would be if they were not definitively sure it was chicken pox, then they might go ahead and give the vaccine to him.

Answer 10

Probably not. Usually, the outbreak is severe enough to provide antibodies preventing any further outbreaks. That's why, for most people, they only get chicken pox once.

Answer 11

Some people get chicken pox more than once, wouldn't hurt to get it anyway.