Chickenpox in Adults: Risk Factors, Symptoms, Complications, Treatment

Chickenpox in Adults: Risk Factors, Symptoms, Complications, Treatment

Most people think of chickenpox as a childhood illness — and, for the most part, they’re right. In the early to mid-1990s, just before vaccination against chickenpox became widespread, the infection predominantly affected children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ( 1 ) But vaccination has dramatically changed how chickenpox affects the entire population. By 2016, the CDC says, 90 percent of children had receive…