If a child had the chicken pox vaccine can they get shingles or get the chicken pox?

Question

My daughter who is 5 yrs old who I believe almost 100 percent sure had the chickepox vaccine, I will have to check her shot record, has been around a family memeber who came down with the shingles, we all believed it was not contagious, but now my 5 yr old is complaining of being itchy. We did not tell her that her aunt had shingles and what they were, so I believe she is really itching. She has a low temp, barely 99, her belly looks a little red and splotchy....

The redness, in retrospect was probally from all the scratching she was doing, she drove me crazy watching her scratch like a mad man. She has now stopped complaining and scratching and has no other signs, so I guess I was worried over nothing. But since she has had the vaccine later on could she get chickenpox, or develope shingles later on even if she quote never catches chickenpox other than having had it through the vaccine?

Answer 1

Most vaccines do not prevent a condition. It usually is used to reduce the impact when getting the condition. The severity of the condition is supposibly less for the child than if they did not have the vaccine. Remember also that the vaccine has to match the condition exactly. If the strain or type of virus that causes the condition was not made for the vaccine taken then it will not work. If there are different type/straines of chickenpoxes, then the type of vaccine you took matters as to whether it will work at all. So my answer is yes to getting shingles or chickenpox regardless of the vaccine.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Usually shingles don't come in red and splotchy areas. They infect a nerve ending and will cause blisters along the area and are extremely painful. Parents should be informed never to bring children who had the vaccine into contact with elderly people. But any one who has had chicken pox is definitely a target for shingles when exposed to a child who had the vaccine or to the disease itself. I had shingles at age 17 after babysitting with kids with chicken pox. So I guess my answer would be, it is possible that later on down the line you child might develop shingles, but not the disease itself. Godloveya.

Answer 4

I Don't Know . But I Know This ......my son DID NOT get the chicken pox vaccine , and when he was 6 or 7 , he got chicken pox . Then , years later , when he was about 13 or 14 , he had a bout with THE SHINGLES .

Answer 5

No vaccine gives 100% protection, so your child can still get chicken pox. One can get shingles after getting chicken pox, if the virus has stayed dormant within the body.

Answer 6

Shingles & Chicken Pox are different. You need to read a book, Merek Manual 'family edition'

Answer 7

shingles is actually the hibernating varicella virus that has been reactivated by some type of stress (in your aunt)...if your child has never had chicken-pox she could get them. shingles is spread by hand to hand contact, whereas chickenpox is spread by the respiratory route.
also, just because you have been vaccinated, does not mean that you have developed memory to varicella (insert hepatitis B vaccine here and all of the the people who think that they have converted AND HAVEN'T...and continue to work around blood and body fluids and putting themselves at life-threatening risk!)

Answer 8

yes, somtimes the shot does not always take effect, sorry to tell you that. but let me ask you this, how many things in the world really work 100% of the time?

Answer 9

Yes. You can find more at www.cdc.gov, under children or vaccines

Answer 10

Yes, and it's definitely something to talk to the pediatrician and doctor about at this time.

GOD bless us, one and all, always.