Breakthrough Chickenpox AFTER Vaccination

My oldest also had the "breakthrough". She only had about four pox right by her hairline--that was it and they did not bother her at all! They didn't itch and were gone fairly quick. I'm not sure about the contagious thing but I would check with your pediatrician and find out how long they are contagious and whether they can be passed by air or just by touch by that point in the cycle...I'm not sure at all. We could keep her away from kids and they were gone really soon but from what I remember her dr said that she was already passed the contagious point when we took her to the dr. It is the worst before the sores show up! Again, I'm going off memory from 3 years ago but that's what I recall. Like I said, it was not that bad---nothing close to what we had to go through as kids!

The same thing happened with my daughter after she got the chicken pox vaccine. There is not much you can do. The good thing is your girls will not have all the bad stuff that come with chicken pox(fever, itching) and there may be only a few pox on there bodies. They are contagious though so you have to keep the away from others(no play groups, school)for at least a week. ONe semi warning. There is a chance that two month later it will happen again. When all of this happpened with my daughter I was told that it was normal for this to happen after getting the vaccine which to me was frustrating as I saw no point to having a vaccine for it if kids will break out in it as a side effect.

This seems to be the norm...my nephew, 2 neices AND my daughter all had it after the vaccination. My nephew twice. Getting chicken pox is actually one of the side effects...I was mad after she got them, since they stressed how important it was to get the vaccination. Be happy your kids got them, If you don't get chicken pox as a child (ive heard) you can get shingles as an adult. That has a higher mortality rate and is much more painful.

My doctor said a lot of kids get a mild case of the pox after vaccination and not to worry unless it was severe

Oh and once you see the spots, they aren't contagious anymore. Its before the virus shows it's ugly head that's the problem. I would still tell everyone you were around for the 2 weeks prior to the break out and let them know they were exposed to chicken pox.

As far as travelling, I would call the airline and see if they will allow the girls on the plane.

Even though your child has had the vacine, they may still get the chickenpox, but just a much milder case of them. 2 out of my 3 children got the chickenpox after they had their shots for it.

Just thought I let you know.

This happened to my 2 oldest boys. Both vaccinated, both got the chicken pox. I took my oldest in to confirm his case. I know I had a very severe case when I was about a year old, but my understanding with the vaccine is that if they do get it (rarely), it is much less severe. My younger son had far fewer spots, mostly on his mid-section area. I doubt I would have even thought chicken pox, but my older son had them so I had been looking for it. Thankfully, they did not last long! I think I missed 3 days of work or so since they turned up over the weekend. If you are concerned about the plane, I would run it by your doctor on Thursday to see how they look. Good luck with this one!

I use to work at a small home daycare where I brought my daughter with. ALL our kids had the vaccine. A older school age brother who didn't attend daycare got the chicken pox really bad. His 2year old brother got a few spots, and was cranky and they weren't the traditional blister's either but appeared to be chickenpox, then my daughter got 2 spots on her and a few other kids got a spot or two but it was always iffy it appeared to be and and I believe it was chickenpox but it was so mild and easy that noone was 100% sure and noone had blood tests done.Then my daughter with her 2 iffy spots was with my bestfriend for the weekend and the next thing we knew my best friend got the chicken pox really really bad.My best friend isn't around other children and couldn't have caught them from anyone else. So I think the kids having the vaccine still got it but just barely got it. But we're still contagious enough to pass it on. The homedaycare owner and myself never got it. And the spots didn't crust over either they just gradually went away.