So I would always vote in favor of the vaccine rather than the chicken pox parties.
As most people know by now, Barbara Walters was recently hospitalized after developing chicken pox.
About 75-90 percent of chicken pox cases occur in children under the age of 10.
And he joins us today to talk about what we've learned during a decade of chicken pox vaccinations.
And so somebody would break out in chicken pox, and so there'd be a party to expose people.
Typically, about 70-90 percent of adults who get vaccinated will develop complete immunity to the chicken pox virus.
Her run-in with the apparition took place when she was a young girl in bed with the chicken pox.
Dr. SPIESEL: Well, chicken pox is, and has been, traditionally a fairly mild illness, with occasional quite serious consequences.
Many in the camps suffer from beriberi, gastritis, ulcers, chicken pox and diarrhea.
Before the chicken pox vaccine was introduced in 1995, there were about 4 million cases of chicken pox annually.
Once you have had the chicken pox, you develop immunity to contracting it.
Most people develop antibodies to the chicken pox virus, referred to as varicella.
Most people get chicken pox from exposure to other people with chicken pox -spread through droplets- sneezing, coughing, and breathing.
Since the introduction of the vaccine, the incidence of chicken pox and hospitalizations for complications have declined about 90 percent.
And there were an average of, oh, I don't know, something like over 140 kids a year who died from chicken pox.
It is recommended to get the chicken pox vaccine in this case.
Since she reportedly never contracted chicken pox as a child, she was at higher risk for developing severe symptoms and complications including pneumonia.
It is so contagious, that very few unimmunized individuals escape this common disease when they are exposed to someone with active chicken pox.
Dr. SPIESEL: Once you get chicken pox, for the rest of your life you'll carry it in a latent form, the chicken pox virus.
For children, roughly 9 out of 10 children vaccinated with a single dose of the chicken pox vaccine will develop immunity against chicken pox.
Syd, have you heard of this phenomenon called chicken pox parties?
Usually, the symptoms are at first so similar to those of chicken pox that parents simply wait for them to disappear without consulting a physician.
Merck's vaccine is a supercharged version of the chicken pox vaccine.
The antibodies give you protection against the chicken pox virus.
People may also catch chicken pox from direct exposure to a person with an active shingles rash if they have not been immunized by vaccination or a previous bout of chicken pox.
The chicken pox virus actually belongs to the herpes family of viruses, and produces a blistering rash that erupts in various stages eventually forming crusts and healing over a period of 7-10 days.
Dr. SPIESEL: In the old days, chicken pox was thought to be so benign that it was thought that well, it would be convenient if you could control when children would get the disease.
If you have HIV, are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, or have a suppressed immune system from autoimmune disease, diabetes or chronic lung disease, you may be at risk for developing chicken pox.
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