There are additional risk factors too, among those who have not had chickenpox as a child.
You work in an environment with a large number of children (such as a school or nursery).You share items with someone who has chickenpox (eg towels, clothes bedding).You come into contact with the spots of someone suffering from chickenpox.You live with a child who hasn’t been vaccinated against chickenpox.'Adults who are most susceptible to catching chickenpox are those who haven’t had the virus as a child, or those who haven’t had a chickenpox vaccination,' says Abbas Kanani, pharmacist at Chemist Click.Īccording to Kanani, you are also at greater risk of catching chickenpox if any of the following applies: Here’s everything you need to know about chickenpox in adults: Will I catch chickenpox?Ĭoncerned you might have been exposed to the chickenpox virus? Unfortunately, the symptoms for adult chickenpox are often more severe and come with possible added complications. However, those who have never had it as a child, or who have not been vaccinated against it, are at risk of catching it as an adult. Thankfully, once you’ve had it, you’re usually (but not always) immune from catching it again. Chickenpox is an illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus and most commonly presents in children under the age of 10.
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