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agingdem

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3. I was 30 when I got chicken pox

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 21, 2018, 07:52 AM

Nov 2018

pre vaccine... it's lousy for kids but it's devastating fo adults..40 years later I'm still experiencing the physical after-affects...permanent hearing loss, shingles, viral pneumonia, vestibular neuritis...Parents that don't vaccinate their children are lousy parents...

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After chickenpox outbreak at Asheville Waldorf, county quarantine order challenged in court [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2018 OP

Chicken pox can be fatal, albeit rarely. But serious complications are not infrequent. hlthe2b Nov 2018 #1

Chickenpox can also cause them to suffer from shingles later in life. nt tblue37 Nov 2018 #2

I was 30 when I got chicken pox agingdem Nov 2018 #3

According to the article, it was only partly upheld. nt tblue37 Nov 2018 #4

I have permanent facial scars from childhood chickenpox in the 1970s. CottonBear Nov 2018 #5