Is Having A Chicken Pox Party Really A Smart Plan Of Action

Although it might seem like a new idea to us, having something like a Chicken Pox party is something that mothers have done for ages. When one kid gets sick, you put them all together so that you deal with all of your children ill at once. Doing something like this these days is very unusual. But there are mothers that are helping their kids to get chicken pox on purpose now.

The idea around this growing trend is that those diseases that are mild in nature are those diseases that children need to build up immunity to and it is for this reason that parents are actually making the decision to forgo the vaccinations for such illnesses and instead to expose their children to them in a controlled environment. These parents have formed networks and they let each other know when their child has a contagious disease and they have a party allowing others to bring their children over to catch the illness.

This process allows children to catch the illness in a natural setting and allows them to develop their own natural immunity to the illness. Many parents feel this is a positive alternative that allows their children to become immune to the disease without having to be immunized.

There is even a belief that older generation family members will benefit from being re-exposed to the chicken pox virus because chicken pox in adults shows up as shingles and there is a growing belief that because chicken pox is not around as much these days due to vaccines that older people are developing shingles more frequently and to a higher severity then in years past. Following this thought process it is not only beneficial to children to be exposed to the Chicken Pox virus but also for everyone to be introduced to this illness every so often to help provide increased protection from Shingles as well.

Naturally there is a lot of controversy surrounding this whole idea. Actually allowing a kid to get a contagious disease just does not sit will with many people. It sounds weird but not completely crazy. There is actually a lot of support for this within the medical community. It is something that deserves to be looked at and should be something that is given a lot of thought and research to before it is attempted.