• Question: why do you have chicken pox once

    Asked by 242bdya43 to Theresia, Katie, Andy on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Because we develop immunity against it and it works very well because in a nutshell there is only one type of chicken pox virus. But it is recommended that we get one more vaccination booster when we achieve adulthood.

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      The first time you get chicken pox your body reacts to the virus and over time naturally produces antibodies that gives you immunity to the virus. This then typically protects individuals from catching the virus again.

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      In some cases you can get it more than once if you maybe didnt have a strong strain of it first time around and your body didn;t fully stregnthen against it. I had it twice growing up! Unlucky for me eh?

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