Chicken Poxxxx

[Jinc]

If you've had chicken pox, you're more likely to get shingles later on in life.
Thats painful, (N).

Even so, it's still very uncommon to get shingles anyway.. so there's nothing to worry about.

[jackass]

Haven't read all of this thread, but to the people that are saying you can't get chicken pox more than once, your wrong. Sometimes your white blood cells do not create enough antibodies or the ones that are created fail. Meaning you can get it twice, but it is highly unlikely to get it twice, and almost impossible to get it 3 times.

As for me, i've never had it, which is bad, because the older you get, the worse it gets.

[Niall!]

My sister had chicken pox twice, not any of the other stuff

[,Jess,]

If you've had chicken pox, you're more likely to get shingles later on in life.
Thats painful, (N).

Oooer, didn't know that.

I've never had chikenpox but I had shingles and this other thing and my doctor said I'm immune from chickenpox because I had those 2. A few people in my family have had chickenpox more than once though.

[Grig]

You can't have it twice. Your immune system is already recognises this disease so it is biologically impossible unless your a mutant or something lol.

The earlier you have them the better .

[jackass]

You can't have it twice. Your immune system is already recognises this disease so it is biologically impossible unless your a mutant or something lol.

The earlier you have them the better .

Incorrect, pay attention in biology.

Antibodies aren't 100% effective.

[RandomManJay]

It is possible to have chicken pocks more than once, despite it being very unlikely, the severity does not link with the probability of you contracting it again, there is though, a higher probability of contracting a similar disease to chicken pocks after suffering from it. Also, if you do contract it again, it means that your immune system was unable to fully immunise against the illness before you began to recover (your immune system was strong enough to combat the illness while developing an immunity (this happens to everyone) therefore you are still able to contract it, but depending on your age, it will get worse as you age.