I have chicken pox

[AVAFREAK182]

I had them when I was 3, and i have them again, and i am 16.

its terrible.

ever had them twice?

 

[Leros]

IMPOSSIBLE!

 

[Perknose]

Are you sure it's not something far, far worse, and possibly terminal?

Just asking.

 

[AVAFREAK182]

lol. its chicken pox.

doctor says.

 

[redgtxdi]

As I understand it, yes, you can get them twice. Especially if the first case is mild.

More commonly, however, the 2nd time it shows up as "Shingles" (Yikes!) I've never had shingles, but apparently VERY painful and feels like your nerve endings are right on the surface of your skin!!!

I don't know about the folks who say they've had CP 3, 4, 5 or more times, but twice is not as uncommon as the internet thinks.

 

[DrPizza]

I did a google search. 42% of the cases where the person got them a second time, it was fatal. Trust me! Instead of taking the time to double check, you should be using that time to write out your will.

Dibs on your xbox 360

edit: You think I'm kidding. (I thought I was kidding)

Conclusions
Chickenpox is not a mild disease. Deaths in adults are increasing, both in number and proportion.

I searched on scholar.google.com to see if I could actually find some useful information for you, and ran into deaths from chicken pox

Chickenpox accounts for... more than from measles, mumps, pertussis, and Hib meningitis combined

And, another article:

Mechanisms of ischaemic stroke after chickenpox. - all 10 versions »
V Ganesan, FJ Kirkham - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1997 - pt.wkhealth.com
... This may account for the fact that some patients go on to have recurrent events.

oh nooes!


Seriously though, yep, I've heard of a few people who got it more than once - and the subsequent times were shingles which are quite painful. Consider yourself lucky, or it's even possible it was a rash that was misdiagnosed when you were 3. Most likely, it was a very mild case when you were 3 though.

 

[anxi80]

Debbie: I gotta go, Sadie might have the chicken pox.
Jason: I had the chicken pox THREE times. I have no immunity to it.
Ben: We don't have the heart to tell him it's herpes.
Jason: It's not herpes if it's everywhere.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I did a google search. 42% of the cases where the person got them a second time, it was fatal. Trust me! Instead of taking the time to double check, you should be using that time to write out your will.

Dibs on your xbox 360

I've already taken out life insurance on him.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: AVAFREAK182
lol. its chicken pox.

doctor says.

Doctors lie. They're under a lot of pressure these days. They tend to take it out on random patients.

Those seven forms you filled out and signed in his waiting room? You should have looked more closely at #6. It was a straight life policy in your name with the Doc and his receptionist as the beneficiaries.

Didn't you hear their giggling from the hall as you were leaving?

 

[AVAFREAK182]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I did a google search. 42% of the cases where the person got them a second time, it was fatal. Trust me! Instead of taking the time to double check, you should be using that time to write out your will.

Dibs on your xbox 360

If I die, you can have my 360. I leave my whole PC to zanejohnson though.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Leros
IMPOSSIBLE!

This!

 

[Baked]

J00 gonna diiiiiie! I love natural selection.

 

[randay]

do yourself a favor, eat a bullet before you turn and end up starting the zombie apocalypse!

 

[AVAFREAK182]

all gone

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I did a google search. 42% of the cases where the person got them a second time, it was fatal. Trust me! Instead of taking the time to double check, you should be using that time to write out your will.

Dibs on your xbox 360

edit: You think I'm kidding. (I thought I was kidding)

Conclusions
Chickenpox is not a mild disease. Deaths in adults are increasing, both in number and proportion.

I searched on scholar.google.com to see if I could actually find some useful information for you, and ran into deaths from chicken pox

Chickenpox accounts for... more than from measles, mumps, pertussis, and Hib meningitis combined

And, another article:

Mechanisms of ischaemic stroke after chickenpox. - all 10 versions »
V Ganesan, FJ Kirkham - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1997 - pt.wkhealth.com
... This may account for the fact that some patients go on to have recurrent events.

oh nooes!


Seriously though, yep, I've heard of a few people who got it more than once - and the subsequent times were shingles which are quite painful. Consider yourself lucky, or it's even possible it was a rash that was misdiagnosed when you were 3. Most likely, it was a very mild case when you were 3 though.

Great, I have another reason to remain shivering under my bed.

 

[potato28]

Pfft, I had the chicken pox 3 times when I was younger.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: redgtxdi
More commonly, however, the 2nd time it shows up as "Shingles" (Yikes!) I've never had shingles, but apparently VERY painful and feels like your nerve endings are right on the surface of your skin!!!

had them about a year ago and it's not an experience I recommend. Mine were caught very early and still painful

 

[Lola]

My mom just got Shingles, which, I thought was the "adult" version of chicken pox. She had them when she was younger as well.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Lola
My mom just got Shingles, which, I thought was the "adult" version of chicken pox. She had them when she was younger as well.

Shingles suck

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Debbie: I gotta go, Sadie might have the chicken pox.
Jason: I had the chicken pox THREE times. I have no immunity to it.
Ben: We don't have the heart to tell him it's herpes.
Jason: It's not herpes if it's everywhere.

Most here probably don't know the chicken pox/shingles virus is a herpes virus; Varicella zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster.