Being pregnant and dealing with chickenpox can be quite the challenge, but with the right care and your partner's support, you can overcome this hurdle.

And, for most women who develop shingles during pregnancy, the outlook is good. After an outbreak of chickenpox, usually in childhood, the virus that causes it stays in your body, lying dormant in ...

How safe is acyclovir in first trimester of pregnancy, and is it safe to treat herpes zoster in the first trimester with acyclovir? Many studies have demonstrated the safety of acyclovir use in ...

The manufacturer, Merck, is actively collecting data from women who have received varicella vaccine while pregnant; the telephone hotline to report such events is 1-800-986-8999. Many pregnant ...

I was 14 weeks pregnant with my first child when I noticed a raised rash on my chest and face. Worried, I consulted Dr Google, who suggested that I may have varicella (or chickenpox). To my ...

With appropriate care and management, most women who contract chickenpox during pregnancy or after birth can fully recover and deliver healthy babies. Is chicken pox dangerous for pregnant women ...

If you had chickenpox as a child, it’s possible — though uncommon — to develop shingles while pregnant. While shingles can cause uncomfortable symptoms, it won’t harm your baby.

If for instance, a pregnant woman or a newborn baby comes in contact with a person that has chickenpox, and the person does not have immunity against the chickenpox virus, that person has to have ...

People who are at high risk of chickenpox are those with a weakened immune system, pregnant people who have not had chickenpox, and newborn babies born at less than 28 weeks of pregnancy or to ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a practicing pediatrician and a Stanford and CNN Global Health and Media Fellow. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin recently said he chose to expose all nine of ...

Severe chickenpox is more likely to affect adults, infants, teenagers, pregnant women, and people with a weakened immune system (due to a health condition or medical treatment). But even in ...