• Question: Why can you only get chickenpox once or twice?

    Asked by Spearofstiles to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob, Stu on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Maheen Siddiqui

      Maheen Siddiqui answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Usually chickenpox only happens once in someone’s lifetime because after they have had it once, they are immune to the chickenpox virus. But there are very rare cases where it can happen twice.

    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      When we get chicken pox our immune system kicks into overdrive and creates a way to kill the virus. The antibodies we make stay with us, and kill off the virus if we come back into contact with it before we get sick.

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