I'm 33 yrs. old & NEVER had CHICKEN POX! Is it possible to be immune to this disease?

go get the vaccine,


yea yea cue the crazy about vaccines,


if you get chicken pox as an adult it's very serious.

this. can be deadly if you contract as adult.

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Last Edited by mtn_mang on 09/01/2012 05:24 PM

No. It's worse as an adult. Your parents should have ensured you had exposure as a child.

I got it at 14. It was horrible.

I got em when I was 25 years old,,,be careful...

it almost KILLED my friend when he was in his 30s. in the hospital for a month.

Just ask your doc for the vaccine. Problem solved..

Got it when I was 6...

Is it true that chicken pox leaves a single indentation/scar on your body? I have a small scar on my chest and was always told as a kid it was from my case of chicken pox.... Looks like a small indentation about the size of a small mole.

you may have had it but been asymptomatic (i.e. without symptoms) so that effectively you suffered very mildly. This may have given you immunity but watch out you masy be at risk of shingles.

I am not a medic.

If you live in the US then how is it possible that you have not had the vaccine?

You are the chosen one.

OP, whatever you do, DO NOT get the vaccine, you can contract this from the vaccines, I know because I had chicken pox at 36 from my son right AFTER he HAD the useless vaccine! My son got it, he gave it to my daughter who was previously vaccinated against it (didn't help), and gave it to me, at 36yrs old it sucked, 5 days of flu-like symptoms, 2 weeks later the "pox" but I survived and now will have a lifelong immunity, naturally from the exposure.

Just roll the dice and if you get it, enjoy, it will most likely be the last time you have it. Vaccinate now and you'll risk getting shingles in your later years.

I was 31 when my daughter brought it home from school. I was feeding my 3 month old son and could offer him no immunity as I hadn't had it as a child. As a result I caught it and so did he. My doctor said he's too young and you're too old and there I was like Spotty Muldoon. Obviously he was out to lunch. It was miserable and can develop into more serious things as you get older.

I still have a scar from one. I got them about 20 years ago. its not an indentation, just a white scar.

I got the chicken pox at 30 years old.
Both my little kids got it too.

Took a month to recover.

Crap! Now I am freaking out! I am NEROUS about the vaccine as well from all the stuff I have about it!

Thank you everyone for your contributions and help! Now, I have something to seriously ponder! UGH!!! What to do!

if you had CP you have the shingles virus already period.

Got it when I was 39

Didn't think it was possible to get that sick and survive.

Who knew?

indeed

Same virus, different presentation. He gets the vaccine now and he risks development of shingles (not chicken pox) later in life. Do the research.

You're fucked.

Your parents should have taken you to a "pox party" of little kids. But they obviously didn't.

It's Shingles, all the way down!

I never did either. Every kid on my block had it but me & I was around them all the time.

What is your blood type?

There is no working vaccine, it is a scam.

I had the chicken pox at 16. It was AWFUL and seems true that the older you are, the worse you get them. I "tried" to get them in elementary school when everyone else had them and I was the only one in my class that didn't get them. I was so bummed about that at the time. At 16, I ended up missing 3 full weeks of school, which would have been much cooler had I not been so miserable the whole time.

And yes, I have a few "pock marks" which are the indention type scars described above. It's because as the virus progresses the pox turn into these pretty significant scabby lumps and if you scratch or knock one off too soon, it takes a chunk of flesh with it leaving a pit behind. I have one on my forehead and one under my eye as well as a few over the rest of my body that aren't as noticeable. Battle scars!!

Anyway, like someone else mentioned above, you may have had a very mild case of it with just a couple of marks that no one noticed when you were younger. I hope for you that that is the case anyway.

I wouldn't get the vaccine either way. Hopefully, you at least have herd immunity at this point since so many people have had it now.

They say if you get it later in life it is much worse.

I have not had it either. I have been exposed to it many times. My son had it when he was five, only five very small blisters.

I would not get the vaccine.

Im 21 and Ive never had it and neither has my dad, whos in his 40s. My younger sister got it as a kid though and we were playing with each other while she was sick and even then I didnt get it.

Isnt shingles what youre supposed (or possibly) to get as an adult if you've already had chicken pox? Though my mom, whos also in her 40s has never had shingles even though she got chicken pox as a kid.

This happened to me as an infant. I then got a case of shingles at the age of 7. Doctors thought it was a pretty freak incident, as most people do not get this until they are much older.

They did Dork! Didnt you read my Original Post! I couldnt get it! I was around the infected practically the whole time as they were my best friends and neighbors at the time and i coudnt get it!