Sir recently I came in contact with a chicken pox infected person properly as I think so that after a certain period it start showing symptoms and I don't want to be So precautionary I want to take medicine as in that person house after every 12 days period one by one all family members getting infected and develop pox So I too think that there is a strong possibility that I may develop also. That's why I want to take precautionary medicine.

Dr. Sanchayan RoyGeneral Physician19yrs exp

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Hi lybrate-user, there is no prophylaxis for chicken pox except vaccine. What you can do is that if you have any blister formation in the body, resembling like chicken pox with symptoms, start antiviral treatment. If you had chicken pox in childhood then maybe antibodies may be there in sufficient amount preventing infection. So if skin lesion starts the start antiviral treatment. 

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Dr. Col V C GoyalGeneral Physician41yrs exp

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There r chances you may get chicken pox if you r not vaccinated. You can still get your self vaccinated (if not done earlier in child hood) this may give protection. 

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Dr. Mahendra B MehtaGeneral Physician42yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, agrawal, immunity developed by chickenpox infection in childhood gives life long immunity (whether you acquired chickenpox in childhood, unless immunity is compromised. You r probably in incubation period or averted inform, due to good immunity. Hence forward use face mask, hand glouse while examination. Acyclovir or fenovir can be taken as precautionary measure I advise wait &watch in your case as we doctors r exposed repeatedly unless diabetic or with compromised immunity. Immunotherapy sos for long-term sos. 

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