Chickenpox Vaccine Rash
The rash appears first on the chest back and face and then spreads over the entire body.
Chickenpox vaccine rash. Chickenpox can be serious even life threatening especially in babies adolescents adults pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems. The rash can spread over the whole body. The itchy blister rash caused by chickenpox infection appears 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus and. Varicella vaccine can prevent chickenpox.
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus vzv. If the rash were caused by the vaccine the risk of transmission is very small. Chickenpox infection is caused by a. A person with chickenpox may have as many as 500 blisters.
Chickenpox can cause an itchy rash that usually lasts about a week. It causes an itchy blister like rash. It can also cause fever tiredness loss of appetite and headache. A mild fever and a rash which looks like chickenpox but with fewer spots can occur about 2 weeks after the vaccine.
Very rarely a person who develops a rash after being immunized can spread the virus from the chickenpox vaccine. Common reactions to the vaccine may include soreness redness and swelling where the vaccine was given.