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Chicken pox
My husband contracted chicken pox yesterday got it confirmed today from dr. My son 1year 6 months got varicella vaccine on 27 March it's chicken pox vaccine right. Is it safe for us to stay with him. Or to keep my husband in other room. I got chicken pox in 9th std. Will I get again. If in contact with senior citizens will they get. What precautions should I n my son should take?
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Better to keep your husband in isolation particularly when the scabs start drying and falling.
Though you have had chicken pox, if immunity is low, you are at risk, specially if exposure is to heavy load of infection.
Your child needs one more dose of vaccine around 4 years to be more protected.
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Follow good hand washing , keep safe distance.
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Chicken pox is highly contagious ( ie. it spreads very rapidly). Post Vaccine, it takes around 6 weeks to develop full immunity, so it is better to isolate your husband till his lesions crust and no new lesions appear. Reinfection after having a infection is rare, but is possible, so do not take an chance.
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Isolate your husband, take all precaution as you did on covid times
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Your son is vaccinated so shouldn’t be a problem
But it’s a contagious Disease
So make sure to isolate your husband to another room and separate out all the daily used items/cloths/linen he is using and wash them separately
You be safe as well even though the secondary attack rate is considerably low for varicella infection if you have got chicken pox once
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Moderate risk is there ..Immunity will take time to develop in the kid even if he is vaccinated..
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husband should stay in another room ,for 1 st 8 to 10 days after the rash appears ..
elderly persons are at high risk due to poor immunity ..
you are not at risk
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Chicken pox is contagious.
Isolate your husband till the skin lesions crust.
Since you had chicken pox in the past it's very unlikely for you to get it again. But the risk is not zero, so keep your contact minimal.
Though your child is recently vaccinated it's better to keep him away for the time being because vaccines take time- atleast two to three weeks to produce immunity.
If there are elderly people at home please keep them away because risk of varicella related complications increase with age.
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Isolate your husband till his skin lesions crust.
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Keep children and elderly people away.
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