Who needs to get the chickenpox vaccine

In our daily life, especially many children are always prone to chickenpox, and chickenpox has a particularly great impact on children's normal life. During the chickenpox period, there will often be some pain and extreme itching, which is sometimes unbearable. If the chickenpox vaccine can be given in advance, such things can be avoided. However, not only many children are prone to chickenpox, but many adults with low resistance are also particularly prone to chickenpox. Let's take a look at who needs to be vaccinated with chickenpox vaccine.

Vaccine Introduction

The attenuated varicella vaccine is a freeze-dried virus product obtained by culturing and propagating the varicella virus OKA strain in MRC5 diploid cells. Each dose of vaccine contains not less than 103.3 plaque forming units (PFU) of varicella-zoster virus.

Who needs to get the chickenpox vaccine?

It is recommended that adults and adolescents with no history of chickenpox should be vaccinated. The susceptible population is mainly healthy children aged 12 months to 12 years.

Special groups should be vaccinated:

1. People who work or live in an environment with a high possibility of transmission, such as kindergarten teachers, primary school teachers, support staff of social public institutions, college students and soldiers, etc.

2. Close contacts of people who are at risk of developing serious diseases or complications, such as health workers, children with leukemia and other immunocompromised children and children and their families who are receiving steroid treatment.

3. Non-pregnant women of childbearing age.

4. International travelers.

If a susceptible person comes into contact with an infected person, he or she should be injected with immunoglobulin. A large dose three days after contact can shorten the course of the disease and alleviate clinical symptoms.

The above is an introduction to who needs to be vaccinated with the chickenpox vaccine. Therefore, we should pay more attention in our daily lives. There are many diseases and symptoms that can be well prevented. Therefore, for the health of ourselves and our children, we must also go to the hospital regularly for vaccination, because this can reduce the occurrence of some diseases, such as chickenpox. In addition, in order to prevent the occurrence of chickenpox, we must also improve our body's immunity.