Immunization Requirements
Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common childhood disease. It is usually mild, but it can be serious, especially in young infants and adults.
- It causes a rash, itching, fever and tiredness.
- It can lead to severe skin infection, scars, pneumonia, brain damage or death.
- The chickenpox virus can be spread from person to person through the air or by contact with fluid from chickenpox blisters.
- A person who has had chickenpox can get a painful rash called shingles years later.
- Before the vaccine, about 11,000 people were hospitalized for chickenpox each year in the United States.
- Before the vaccine, about 100 people died each year as a result of chickenpox in the United States.
Chickenpox vaccine can prevent chickenpox.
Texas State Law, Title 25 Health Services, Section 97.61 - 97.77 of the Texas Administrative Code requires that all students entering Kindergarten and 7th grade have 2 doses of Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine or have a history of the disease.
Elementary Mrs. Zermeño, LVN 886-6512
Middle/High Mrs. White, MSN,APRN,BC 886-6552 |
