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What Causes Recurring Chicken Pox?
Hi We think my grandaughter is getting recurring chickenpox, she is five and seems to have had the virus several times, the spots are not bites, my daughter has the coldsore virus and had it several times when she was pregnant, could there be a connection, and if my grandaughter is getting the virus, so many times can we do anything about it, or could she have a poor immune system? thankyou
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Yes it does have a relation with poor immune system, actually the virus stays dormant in dorsal root ganglion and gets reactivated in old or immunocompromised. You must also rule out cystic fibrosis, severe eczema or any condition leading to immunosuppression. If mother had chicken pox 1 week before to 4 week after baby birth, baby is likely to suffer severe chickenpox and baby must be given Zoster immune globulin 250 mg im at birth and antiviral acyclovir....................tc care
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