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Is Chicken Pox Vaccination Safe For A Child?

Posted on Sat, 12 Mar 2016

Question: Should the child be given Chickenpox vaccine & if safe at what age ? Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (17 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
safe to be given

Detailed Answer:
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Chicken pox vaccine is safe to be given and can be given to children between 12-15 months of age (and beyond) with a booster at 4-6 years.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Is it true that a Chickenpox vaccinated child has more chances of getting Herpes Zoster than a child who is not vaccinated or has not suffered from Chickenpox ?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Although there are reports, hard to say whether it is worth concern.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. Although four studies have reported increase in prevalence of Herpes Zoster in varicella (chicken pox) immunized patients, it cannot be commented upon whether it is epidemiologically relevant since the health of the people around the studied children can be a factor and without further studies the case cannot be generalized. That is all we know about, till date.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar