Is chicken pox relapsable in adults?
There is a possibility to get chicken pox again;second attacks of chickenpox are rare, although sub-clinical (no symptoms) or very mild re-infections can occur, particularly in patients whose immune systems have been compromised in some way;however you may be more likely to get shingles. Shingles is a re-emergence of the chickenpox virus, which can occur many years after the original chickenpox infection.Anybody who has ever had chickenpox can develop shingles, and most people do have chickenpox in childhood. People who have not had chickenpox cannot get shingles (some people with shingles claim that they have never had chickenpox – but this probably means that their original bout of chickenpox was so mild that it was not noticed (sub-clinical) or that the patient has forgotten because it was so long ago). As shingles is caused by reactivation of the dormant virus, it is possible to have shingles more than once. Usually the cause is a reduction in your body’s natural resistance to dise
