• Question: can you catch chicken poxs more than onces?

    Asked by to Mo Rassul, Krishna, John, Del, Catherine on 17 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Catherine Mansfield answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      Most people can only catch chicken pox once.
      I think there may have been a few cases where people have caught it twice but this is extremely rare.

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      Adelle Thrower answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      not really- once you have survived a disease or illness your bodies immune system will remember that illness- so if you get it again your body will kill it before you get ill.

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      John Foster answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      If you have chicken pox your body fights the virus and it becomes dormant and doesn’t cause you any infection again. However, in a very small number of people the virus can activate again and give you a similar condition called shingles. This gives painful rashes for 1-2 weeks. There are drugs to reduce the pain and then singles can heal after about 4 weeks.

    • Photo: Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      There are cases recorded who were affected by chicken pox more than once, but it is very rare.

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