Chicken Pox

[brawburd]

What age were you?! A wee question which jumped to mind after recent chicken pox posting. Like DavidUk I had it as an adult, although it was my first (and hopefully last!) dose. It was extremely unpleasant and I didn't feel well for months afterwards. I was 34, is this quite old to get it or have people had it at even more advanced ages?!

[gazzawazza]

I had it when I was a kid, (can't remember what age) but I also got it again when I was 28, bloody horrible, in my ears, my mouth, my hair, my nuts, everywhere. Hope I never get it again!

[tracymort]

the younger the better. in babies (especially breastfed) chicken pox barely affects them. this is why chicken pox vax is a bad idea. it postpones getting it until you're older when it is more dangerous and u can get shingles.

[KARL]

I was aged around ten years or so.

[KARL]

Oops, transmitted too soon. Presumably one can get the disease for the first time at any age if not previously exposed. Usually it has swept through as an epidemic because, I believe, it is quite contageous and school children tend to fall to it in droves. As a consequence, people tend to have had it at a young age but obviously some don't and therefore will have effectively no resistance specifically to this disease when it mounts a successful invasion.

[coemgen]

I was around 6 when I had it. It is usually much worse for adults, I remember reading in a Clash biography that Mick Jones caught it in his 30's from his daughter and he developed pneumonia and nearly died.

[brooklyn77]

About 10 ish for me i think, i got it as a kid anyway. All i know is this: You can get it at any age but more common as a child. And it becomes more serious the older you are. And you can only ever get it once, You cant catch it a second time.

[snotmonkey]

15 and it was over the xmas holiday.