Has anyone ever died of chickenpox?

Answer 1

Yes my chicken did

Answer 2

Mortality due to primary varicella (chickenpox) has declined significantly in countries which make wide use of the varicella vaccine. Complications of chickenpox are as follows:-
Women who acquire chickenpox during pregnancy are at risk for congenital infection of the fetus.
Newborns are at risk for severe infection, if they are exposed and their mothers are not immune.
A secondary infection of the blisters may occur.
Encephalitis is a serious, but rare complication.
Reye's syndrome, pneumonia, myocarditis, and transient arthritis are other possible complications of chickenpox
Cerebellar ataxia may appear during the recovery phase or later. This is characterized by a very unsteady walk

Answer 3

Yes.

Complications can occur from chickenpox. Those most susceptible to severe cases of chickenpox are infants, adults, pregnant women and people with impaired immune systems. Complications may include:

secondary bacterial infections

pneumonia

encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)

cerebellar ataxia (defective muscular coordination)

transverse myelitis (inflammation along the spinal cord)

Reye syndrome (a serious condition which may affect all major systems or organs)

death

Answer 4

Most people experience chickenpox with hardly any complications, other than an itchy rash. However, about three out of every 1,000 people who get chickenpox have to be hospitalized and between 50–100 people die from chickenpox each year. Each year in the United States, about 50-100 people die from chickenpox. The vaccine offers an opportunity to protect children and adults from these problems.

Most people experience chickenpox with hardly any complications, other than an itchy rash. However, about three out of every 1,000 people who get chickenpox have to be hospitalized and between 50–100 people die from chickenpox each year. Each year in the United States, about 50-100 people die from chickenpox. The vaccine offers an opportunity to protect children and adults from these problems.

Answer 5

Before immunization with the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine became commonplace in the United States, between 47 and 138 people - many of them young children - died every year due to complications associated with the disease. In 1995, doctors recommended that every child receive the varicella vaccine to prevent the disease, and as a result, by the year 2000 the number of chickenpox cases had declined by as much as 84%. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, investigated whether the universal varicella vaccine prevented deaths, as well.

Researchers calculated the number of deaths due to varicella infection for the years between 1990 and 2001. They also noted the age of each person who died due to varicella infection.

Overall, 1,465 people died from varicella infection or from related causes between 1990 and 1998. From 1990 to 1994 there were an average 145 varicella deaths per year, but between 1999 and 2001, varicella deaths dropped to only 66 per year.

From 1994 to 2001, children accounted for 37% of deaths associated with varicella infection, and infants had the highest rates of death during the entire study period. Here's how the varicella vaccine affected death rates from chickenpox in children.

When 1999-2001 death rates were compared to 1990-1994 rates, the greatest reduction in death occurred among children between 1 and 4 years of age. In this age group, death rates declined 92%.
In children 5 to 9 years of age, death rates declined by 89%.
In infants under a year old death rates dropped 78% during the same time period.

Answer 6

chickenpox (medically known as Varicella Simplex) is rarely fatal, (usually from varicella pneumonia) with pregnant women and those with depressed immume systems being more at risk. Pregnant women not known to be immune and who come into contact with chicken pox may need urgent treatment as the virus can cause serious problems for the fetus

Answer 7

I nearly did when I was 21, I got viral pneumonia from the c.pox
and spent 3 weeks in hospital and a further 3 months recovering

Answer 8

Yes. In 1995 there were 100 deaths from chicken pox before the varcella vaccine. The vaccine itself is 85% effective in preventing chicken pox. Although known as a childhood disease, it is much more serious if contracted by an adult.

Answer 9

Only one Ive heARD of was whwn they already had other more serious illnesses and were old age and on their last legs, so the chicken pox (I couldnt believe they never had it before) just pushed them over the edge, people called it a boy gone bad for some reason..

Answer 10

Yes

Answer 11

Yes, mine turned into Encephalitis and almost got me when I had Chicken pox (for the second time - it's a myth you can only get it once!)