Chickenpox Vaccine Rash
Chickenpox can cause an itchy rash that usually lasts about a week.
Chickenpox vaccine rash. The rash can spread over the whole body. It causes an itchy blister like rash. However the child should avoid close contact with people who do not have evidence of varicella immunity and who are at high risk of complications of varicella such as immunocompromised people until the rash has resolved. A mild fever and a rash which looks like chickenpox but with fewer spots can occur about 2 weeks after the vaccine.
Chickenpox infection is caused by a. Very rarely a person who develops a rash after being immunized can spread the virus from the chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus vzv. Chickenpox consists of an itchy red rash that breaks out on the face scalp chest back and to a lesser.
A person with chickenpox may have as many as 500 blisters. Common reactions to the vaccine may include soreness redness and swelling where the vaccine was given. Chickenpox is a disease that causes an itchy rash of blisters and a fever. The itchy blister rash caused by chickenpox infection appears 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus and.
If the rash were caused by the vaccine the risk of transmission is very small. It can also cause fever tiredness loss of appetite and headache.