Do adults have chickenpox need vaccine?

Most people who have chickenpox will have long -term immunity, very few cases of re -infected. However, chickenpox may be confused with diseases that also have rashes and blisters such as measles, hand, foot and mouth, rash …

Therefore, if your case has been diagnosed by the doctor or have a testing test as chickenpox, you do not need to get chickenpox vaccine anymore. Conversely, if you have not had an accurate diagnosis, you should still vaccine.

The vaccination schedule for adults consists of two nasals three months apart, helping to prevent disease up to 97%. Currently, Vietnam has three types of chicken pox preventive vaccines including varilter varilrix (Belgium) for children from 9 months of age and adults, Varivax vaccine (USA) and Varicella (Korea) injected for children aged 12 months and older and humans big.

In addition, you should give additional vaccine to prevent shingles. The reason, the two diseases are closely related. A person after chickenpox, the virus will “hibernate” in nerve lymph nodes. When faced with favorable conditions such as older, weakened immune system, chronic disease, the virus will regenerate shingles. The disease has symptoms such as pain, burning, developing into clusters, small bullies.

If shingles are not treated promptly, the virus can attack organs and cause neuralgia after shingles, stroke, pneumonia, hepatitis, encephalitis, face paralysis … Near or on the eyes, leading to serious retinal infections, loss of vision. Skin infections can lead to blood infections.

The best way to prevent shingles and pain after shingles is vaccine. Currently, Vietnam has shingrix shingles vaccine manufactured by Pharmaceutical GSK (Belgium). The effectiveness of disease to 97% in people from 50 years old, from 70-87% in people from 18 years of age with immunodeficiency due to pathology.

Vaccine also reduces complications of neurological pain after shingles and other complications, up to 90%. The injection schedule consists of two nasals 1-2 months apart depending on the subject of injection.

You are 50 years old, so vaccinated as soon as possible. In addition to the vaccine, you need to improve the overall condition by eating, resting, avoiding stress, stress to reduce the risk of disease.