Anyone Have Chicken Pox?

I think you'd spend way less time just getting the vaccine. Honestly, the benefits far outweigh what your kids would go through if they contracted a bad case.

Try reading this first.

http://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/chickenpox-par...

Sorry, I can't help you but I understand why you would rather expose them than to have the vaccine.

I don't know why you would want to expose them to chicken pox on purpose. I was 20 years old when I got the chicken pox and it was awful. I lost weight and got to 98 lbs. I got high fever and to almost drop out of college. I had blisters on my scalp, inside my mouth, throat, ears, and not to mention the pox get inside the body too. Also, you have to avoid being in bright light so the corneas of eyes do not get damaged. Do you really want to put your kids through that? It took me six weeks to recover and finally feel normal again. My doctor said that he had a patient who was in her 20s die from chicken pox. It is serious in adults. Children usually fair better than adults do when they get chicken pox and recover better, so for that reason I can understand why you might want to expose them to to other kids you have it, but why do that when there is a vaccine to prevent it?

The vaccine has boosters and if even if they do get the chicken pox after a vaccine it will be a much milder case of the virus. Also if there are any pregnant ladies close by those kiddos with chicken pox the unborn baby can be affected and even cause death or birth defects to the unborn baby.

They didn't have the chicken pox vaccination when I was a young child. My brother and I both got a bad case of it. It was no fun having to stay in bed away from everyone else for so long until those sores healed. The blisters are horribly itchy and painful and can also cause serious complications depending where they are on the body.

And guess what else happened? Fast-forward about 40 some years, and I ended up with shingles. People who have had chicken pox always have the virus in their bodies---it just lies dormant. Years later, when the virus gets activated, it results in shingles. While it is true that shingles affects mostly middle-age and senior populations, young adults can also get it.

Luckily, I knew right away what it was and got myself the appropriate meds, but it was still very painful and something no one should go through if they don't have to.

My mother had such a bad case of it; the blisters covered her face and head. For more than a year after the sores disappeared, she had horrible pain whenever washing or brushing her hair. One of her eyes was severely damaged by the shingles virus. As a result, she has lost some of her vision in that eye and has had continual problems with that eye for the last 10 years.

I'm not disrespecting your views and appreciate that you want to do what you think is best for your child. I just really hope you take the time to learn what serious harm can be done to your children in the long-run by intentionally
exposing them to this virus.

So sorry for your children and continuing to expose and spread this disease. Also any others that might come in contact with your children, being vaccinated doesn't equate to being imune.