polarisrider1
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Is this for real? People holding parties to infect there kids with chicken pox to build their immunity systems. What next? Heard it on the radio.
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Chicken Pox Party
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polarisrider1
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My mother told me that's what she did with us kids. They just never said why. I got mumps instead. Lol
Trees4Traction440
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guess it is better than bringing the kids to a herpes party
thats called High School haha
Exposing healthy children to infected children with the disease was done frequently when I was a child. There are 2 good reasons to do this. Childnood chickenpox prevents the adult version which is much more severe. The chickenpox infection also is protective against Herpez Zoster (shingles) which can be quite serious.
By the way the child is highly infective until the pox are all crusted over.
By the way the child is highly infective until the pox are all crusted over.
Infact the one case that I remember I was used during my infection involved the doctors kid across the street. I was asked to come over and play and it worked. the kid came down with chickenpox. This is a chea, effective and natural way to immunize. No needles, no allergic reactions- not bad.
Exposing healthy children to infected children with the disease was done frequently when I was a child. There are 2 good reasons to do this. Childnood chickenpox prevents the adult version which is much more severe. The chickenpox infection also is protective against Herpez Zoster (shingles) which can be quite serious.
By the way the child is highly infective until the pox are all crusted over.
I thought you generally can only get shingles if you had chicken pox, which is why kids are now vaccinated against chicken pox now (shingles being much more serious in old age). I could be wrong though.
windingtrailgal
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Infact the one case that I remember I was used during my infection involved the doctors kid across the street. I was asked to come over and play and it worked. the kid came down with chickenpox. This is a chea, effective and natural way to immunize. No needles, no allergic reactions- not bad.
Problem with "today's" chicken pox is that the strain is more virulent and complications with chicken pox that weren't around when WE were kids are more prevalent - high fevers, stomach pains, sickness lasting longer. I got my kids the shots instead of the pox. I was 7 when I had them and I still remember how miserable I was. I had no desire to make my kids go thru that.