can you get the chicken pocks twice or is it called a relapse?

Answer 1

You can get it twice, this is not common but it can happen.

Answer 2

It's unusual to get chickenpox twice but not impossible. The second attack will usually be very mild.
Shingles is caused by the same virus (herpes zoster) which lies dormant in nerve endings following a chicken pox attack. The blisters in an attack of shingles will follow a nerve and often run a line around the ribs.
You can't catch shingles from contact with a chickenpox suffer but you can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles.
It is worth seeing a doctor if you think you have chicken pox; there are other diseases which result in blisters such as impetigo

Answer 3

It's rare, but it can happen. I got it twice. I guess the first time it was very mild. When I got it at 26 it was a severe case, even had the pox in my throat.

Usually if you have had a bad case of the chicken pox, you don't get it again. With a mild case, it may be possible, but unlikely. However, you can get what is called shingles. It develops along a nerve and is very painful.

Answer 4

Yes you can get chicken pox twice, i had it as a baby then again when i was 15. Its not called a relapse. I didnt have shingles either the second time i caught chicken pox.

Answer 5

Yes you can. I got them 3 times. Each time its called chicken pocks. Relapse refers to something else.

Answer 6

I have heard of a few people that had it more than once, but usually they had it mild 1st time then got another dose of it, but like Tmestar just wrote that is not always the case by the sound of it. I know to you can get shingles later on once you've had Chicken Pox.

Answer 7

After infection, the virus stays in the body for life. Although people cannot get chickenpox twice, the same virus causes “shingles” or herpes zoster. An adult with shingles can spread the virus to someone, adult or child, who has not had chickenpox and the susceptible person can develop chickenpox. However, persons who have had chickenpox previously and are exposed outside child care are unlikely to bring the infection to child care unless they become ill.

If an adult or child develops chickenpox in the child care setting:

Temporarily exclude the sick child or adult from the center. Allow the person to return 6 days after the rash begins or when all chickenpox blisters have formed scabs. (Local public health laws vary on the length of exclusion; consult your local health department.)
Notify all staff members and parents that a case of chickenpox has occurred. Urge anyone who you know has an impaired immune system or who might be pregnant to consult a physician about the need for special preventive treatment.
Contact the local health department to determine additional preventive measures. In some areas, child care providers are required to report known or suspected cases of chickenpox.
If a case of shingles occurs in the child care setting, the infected person should cover any lesions. If that is not possible, the person should be excluded from the child care setting until the lesions crust over.

Answer 8

i had it 2 times

Answer 9

You can get Chicken Pox twice but it's not really common.

Answer 10

My mother got shingles, which is basically the chicken pox, but much more painful.

Answer 11

i thought that if you get chicken pox at a very young age (0-5 months) you may get it again. otherwise i think you can only get it once and if you do it again it is probably something else. sorry.