{"id":959,"date":"2019-04-13T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfruehwein.de\/?p=959"},"modified":"2022-09-02T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T13:09:08","slug":"varicella-chickenpox-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drfruehwein.de\/en\/varicella-chickenpox-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"Varicella: Chickenpox vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Varicella is widespread worldwide. In Germany, about 700,000 diseases per year are assumed. Chickenpox is extremely contagious and is an initial infection with varicella-zoster virus. Transmission occurs via droplets containing the virus, which are excreted when breathing or coughing.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, transmission through virus-containing vesicle contents or crusts as smear infection is also possible. Contagiousness begins 1 to 2 days before skin symptoms appear and ends 7 days after the last vesicles appear. Herpes zoster disease (shingles) is caused by reactivation of a previous chickenpox disease. It is less contagious than chickenpox. Chickenpox cases usually have a benign course in otherwise healthy individuals and usually heal without scarring.<\/p>\n

More complicating are diseases in adulthood. Newborns and immunocompromised individuals develop particularly severe courses of the disease.<\/p>\n

Vaccination: live vaccine, live attenuated virus, injection into muscle. Vaccination can also be given as a combination vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (MMRV).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who should get vaccinated?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • All children aged 11-14 months<\/li>\n
  • Unvaccinated 9- to 17-year-olds who have not yet experienced chickenpox,<\/li>\n
  • Seronegative women of childbearing potential<\/li>\n
  • Susceptible patients with severe atopic dermatitis,<\/li>\n
  • Susceptible patients who are scheduled for immune weakening treatment or organ transplantation,<\/li>\n
  • Susceptible individuals with contact with at-risk groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    “Susceptible” means: no previous chickenpox disease, no vaccination, and no evidence of specific antibodies when tested in the laboratory.<\/p>\n

    Timing of vaccination:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    A single vaccination in children before age 13; two vaccinations at least 6 weeks apart in children 13 years and older, adolescents, and adults.
    \nWhen using the 4-valent MMRV vaccine, 2 vaccine injections are always necessary.<\/p>\n

    Common vaccine reactions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Occasional redness and swelling at the vaccination site – more common in adults after the second vaccination, mild fever.
    \nOccasionally, symptoms of mild “vaccine sickness” (fever with a mild chickenpox-like rash) may occur. All these phenomena are only temporary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-standard-vaccinations"],"yoast_head":"\nVaricella: Chickenpox vaccination - Dr. Fr\u00fchwein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Varicella is widespread worldwide. Chickenpox is extremely contagious & represents an initial infection with varicella-zoster virus. 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