A member asked:

My husband has chicken pox for a week now, i do i prevent myself from getting it? i take care of him because his symptoms are bad, high fever etc.

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Chicken Pox: First, you most likely had this common infection as a child. Second, there is a vaccination for this virus if you did not have it as a child. But, given that your husband is ill and you have already been exposed, if you have not gotten chicken pox as a child you will get it now.

Answered 11/3/2013

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