Has anyone died of chickenpox in great britain?

Question

I just want to know if anyone has or not

Answer 1

People have indeed died of chicken pox which unfortunately was the sort of disease that doctors in the last part of the 19th century and early 20th century found very difficult to cure and often tried a variety of methods which are no longer in use . I have found a quote which explains exactly why someone died of the disease and unfortunately with alot of the cases the drugs that were used made matters worse instead of better.

On June 30, 1988, my oldest child, Christopher, died of chickenpox. He was normally a healthy child with very mild asthma. He'd never been on corticosteroids, and had never been hospitalised. On June 16th 1988, he suffered his first severe asthma attack and was hospitalised for four days. Christopher was put on commonly used asthma medications including corticosteroids. Exactly one week following the asthma attack he broke out with chickenpox. Unfortunately, the corticosteroids lowered his body's response, (immune system) and he could not fight the chickenpox virus. It destroyed every organ in his body, and on June 30, 1988, Christopher died at the age of 12. The vaccine wasn't licensed then, but it is now. I worked for years to see warnings added to corticosteroid labels, and the vaccine (Varivax) licensed. " Rebecca E. Cole

I hope that this answers your Question.

Answer 2

yes, people have died of complications through chickenpox, like having an asthma attack or very long ago before the disease was easy to treat.

Answer 3

Chicken pox was a killer, but there can be complications which turn normal chicken pox into a type of pneumosis, which can be fatal. I know this as a friend son had it one Christmas and had to spend christmas in Hospital.

I think this mutation is quite rare though.....

Answer 4

no i have never heard of anyone dying of chickenpox

Answer 5

Hibee :- LOL Mate spot on!

Answer 6

Thousands, but not so many recently.