chicken pox twice

[cbuc]

my daughter has just been diagnosed with chicken pox for the second time today i was sure you couldnt get them twice but the doctor has said you can, i dont know if they are or not now

[JoolsTwo]

You have posted this in the wrong place really, but you can have it twice. My neighbour's son had it twice several years ago.

[dzug]

It's unusual to get these childhood illnesses twice but it certainly is possible.

[ganesh]

I find that hard to believe! Can you really? Are you sure it wasn't a similar virus or perhaps shingles?

[ganesh]

I have just done a few searches as I was interested. Apparently you can get it twice but it is extremely rare,so I bet that one of the viruses was something else.

[ronnientom]

Hi i know many children that have had it twice i believe it can hit a little harder second time round (sorry to say) but isnt as rare as it used to be! Good Luck

[Pippa68]

It is possible to get chicken pox more than once if the previous outbreak was mild.

A friend of mine has a son who has had the virus three times now, but each time he only had three or four spots.

[oldgrape]

I've had the chicken poxs 3 times my son twice mother 3 times dad twice were the pox family hee hee you certainlt can have it loads of times

[winny]

My M-I-L had it twice. But the trouble is there are so many similar viruses I wonder weather it is mis-diagnosed sometimes. My daughter had spots etc after being with infected children but they did not blister just scabbed and healed (not quite classic) so I took her to doc and he said it not cp. Funny she been with loads kids with it since and never had it so I reckon she had it in the first place.,

[emevol69]

I also was diagnosed with chicken pox twice.