What Is Varicella?
9. Prognosis
Despite the risk of complications, most people who contract chickenpox recover fully within about a week. The scabs can take longer to heal completely. People who have chickenpox once usually do not get it again.2https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/chickenpox Rarely, a person can get chickenpox more than once.
The chickenpox vaccine usually provides complete immunity to varicella. Occasionally, someone who has been vaccinated nevertheless contracts chickenpox. However, when this occurs, the infection is typically much milder. You may not have a fever, and blisters should be scarce.1https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chickenpox/symptoms-causes/syc-20351282
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