2006-11-07 09:47:58 · 9 answers · asked by dayoridos 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yes you can.
While it rarely happens it does happen.
Most cases are when you had a very light case of them previously,
and haven;t built up an immune response to them
2006-11-07 09:59:39 · answer #1 · answered by gerilynn35 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ONLY if the first time you had it, it was an extremely light case. No fever, only a couple of spots. Then you can get it again and really bad. But normally, people only get it once. You can, however, contract shingles. Shingles is a very painful skin/nerve virus that can only come from within the person's own body. If you had chicken pox as a kid, the herpes zoster virus lies dormant in your body. It can come back as shingles. You can't catch it from someone. And shingles is only contagious to someone who has never had chicken pox--and they will only get chicken pox. Here's more info on the virus:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000858.htm
2006-11-07 17:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF and only if your first case was extremely mild. Very few pox.
The older you are when you have them, the less likely you will have a mild case. A bad case the first time sets the immune system. After that you may get shingles......but not chicken pox again.
2006-11-07 17:52:04 · answer #3 · answered by momwithabat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope
2006-11-07 17:55:23 · answer #4 · answered by Maggie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you have it before 6 months or if you don't have a severe case it can happen again
2006-11-07 18:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by forrest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
welll if it's a mild case then it acts as a vaccine though you should still get a vaccine
2006-11-07 17:52:18 · answer #6 · answered by sam wellard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very rare.
2006-11-07 17:49:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very very rare, but it can happen
2006-11-07 17:52:30 · answer #8 · answered by Madisons daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-11-07 17:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by purhell2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋