A new mother had chicken pox as a child why doesn't her newborn infant get the disease even after being expos?to the virus that causes it
Answer by eyeballmouth
That's not how it works. The baby can still get chicken pox. The thing is, everyone can only get it once in their life. The mom will never get it again.
Answer by inzanium
Varicella zoster (the virus that causes chicken pox) stays dormant in nerve cells in the body (which is why shingles follows nerve distributions). It is not in the bloodstream, and hence cannot be transferred through the placenta. Furthermore, after having chicken pox, mom develops antibodies against the virus, which do get transferred to the fetus in the bloodstream.
That being said, a mom who gets chickenpox during pregnancy can have a child with congenital chickenpox (leading to retardation, neurogical problems, and limb deformities) or newborn chickenpox (really bad all over body potentially fatal)
Answer by seekn2know
Newborns have their mother's immunity for the first months of life, and if the baby was exposed the virus can lay dormant for years then come out when under stress or exposure to someone infected as fullblown pox, or shingles. Read the attached article
Chickenpox and Pregnancy
Pregnant women and anyone with immune system problems should not be near a person with chickenpox. If a pregnant woman who hasn't had chickenpox in the past contracts it (especially in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy), the fetus is at risk for birth defects and she is at risk for more health complications than if she'd been infected when she wasn't pregnant. If she develops chickenpox just before or after the child is born, the newborn is at risk for serious health complications. There is no risk to the developing baby if the woman develops shingles during the pregnancy.
If a pregnant woman has had chickenpox before the pregnancy, the baby will be protected from infection for the first few months of life, since the mother's immunity gets passed on to the baby through the placenta and breast milk.
Those at risk for severe disease or serious complications — such as newborns whose mothers had chickenpox at the time of delivery, patients with leukemia or immune deficiencies, and kids receiving drugs that suppress the immune system — may be given varicella zoster immune globulin after exposure to chickenpox to reduce its severity.
Get the facts on the chickenpox vaccine, treatment, causes (varicella zoster virus, VZV), symptoms and signs (itchy, red rash).
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