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Chickenpox 2nd time
Hello Doctor, My daughter got chickenpox last year March month. During that time we didn't take her out and applied neem leave paste. It cured in 15 days. Now this year also again she got chickenpox. Now she is 4 year old.
1. What to do now?
2. Why it is coming again doctor?
3. She ate chicken, mango same day, is it because of that she got chickenpox?
4. When I was kid, I got 3 times. All the time applied neem leave paste. 2 years ago, I got again. (That time I ate more mangos and chicken). Is body heat causing chickenpox again & again?
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Dr. Sreedhar RS
Pediatrician
21 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi Mam. Chicken pox occurring in the same person twice is extremely rare. Once a person gets natural infection with chicken pox, he does not develop chicken pox again. So the diagnosis of chicken pox must be doubted if it recurs. There are many other viruses which cause chicken pox like illness. It is not related to eating mangos or chicken
Next Steps
Pls visit your Pediatrician if she has any symptoms now
Health Tips
Pls get your child vaccinated if she has not received the vaccine yet. Vaccine is not needed if she had chicken pox DEFINITELY earlier. (Eg diagnosed by a doctor)
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