Rash After Chickenpox Vaccine Picture
The rash can spread over the whole body.
Rash after chickenpox vaccine picture. Common reactions to the vaccine may include soreness redness and swelling where the vaccine was given. Very rarely a person who develops a rash after being immunized. Blend images kidstock getty images. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the cdc website.
The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website. Chickenpox is a disease that causes an itchy rash of blisters and a fever. In a post licensure cohort study children who got mmrv for their first vaccinations at 12 through 23 months old had a greater risk of febrile seizure 5 to 12 days after their vaccination. The fever and rash usually occurred 5 to 12 days after mmrv or mmr and varicella vaccination and resolved quickly without long term problems.
A mild fever and a rash which looks like chickenpox but with fewer spots can occur about 2 weeks after the vaccine. While chickenpox is largely considered a childhood disease anyone who has not been previously infected or vaccinated is at risk. A person with chickenpox may have as many as 500 blisters. While there is a vaccine able to prevent chickenpox there is no cure and the varicella zoster virus is easily spread from person to person.
Chickenpox can be serious even life threatening especially in babies adolescents adults pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.