I was given the chickenpox vaccine last Saturday and got a fever and outbreak of red patches on my body on Tuesday ...
Mommy felt guilty as apparently she was advised that there WASN'T really a real need for it but Doctor says it is better to administer the vaccine than me getting the real thing ...
To date, those who have received the vaccine have a much lower incidence of shingles than those who actually had chickenpox over the same time period. Those who receive the vaccine also have a dramatically decreased risk of scarring. Finally, studies so far have found the chickenpox vaccine to be highly effective in preventing moderate and severe chickenpox in children (Redbook: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 2000).
The above is indeed comforting to know and to hold fast to the belief that "prevention is better than cure" ...
The excerpt is from Dr. Greene http://www.drgreene.com/21_510.html
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