|
Contents
CHICKENPOX VACCINE
Giving chickenpox a second thought
As a parent, you take every precaution to protect your child from injury. You purchase the appropriate car seat, you put up stair gates, and make sure your child wears a bicycle helmet.
There are many situations that may put your child at risk of being hospitalized such as:
- A fall down the stairs: approximately 1 in 6100
- A bicycle accident: approximately 1 in 5000
- A motor vehicle accident: approximately 1 in 8500
- Complications associated with chickenpox:
- approximately 1 in 2000
A child is three to four times as likely to be hospitalized with complications due to chickenpox than from a motor vehicle accident or from a fall down the stairs.
You would never think of letting your child travel in a car without being secured in a car seat or play unsupervised near an open staircase. It’s just as important that you protect your child from chickenpox.
Why take a risk with chickenpox?
Use of a Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Vaccine to Prevent Shingles in HIV-Infected Children Who Have Already Had Chickenpox.
This web site is under development.
The information provided by this web site may be not accurate with its parent web site.
You must click here to access our most recent version.
®Registered Trademark of Merck & Co., Inc. Used under license.
|
