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Chickenpox
Chickenpox is common name for Varicella Zoster.
Chickenpox is caused by human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3)
Characteristic spots appear in two or three waves, mainly on body and head rather then the hands and they become itchy raw pox. The open sores usually heal without scarring
Spreads from person to person by direct contact
Through the air from an infected person coughing or sneezing
Toughing the fluid from a chickenpox blister
Stay away from people with chickenpox
Keep your children home if they are infected with chickenpox
The chickenpox virus remains in the nerve root cells of the body.
(They are bundles of nerves that transmit sensory information from the skin to the brain.)
Backache
Headache
Sore throat
A rash (red spots)
Blisters filled with liquid
Mild fever between 101 and 105 F and returns to normal when blisters disappear.
You are always in danger of get chickenpox unless you have got vaccinated and then you are still at some risk.
The blisters dry out and form scabs and once this happens your starting to become better.
Treatments: In baths sodium bicarbonate (salt) or antihistamie to ease the itching
Treatments: Good idea to maintain good hygiene to prevent secondary infection.
Vaccination: Varicella vaccination. Around since 1995, the vaccination is not lifelong and is necessary to get vaccinated 5 years after first vaccination.
Normal Reactions: Fever of 101.9 up to 42 days after vaccination, soreness/ itchy around the injection site, Rash occurs 8-19 after injection.
If a pregnant women gets chickenpox her baby is in risk of brain damage.
The disease was named after chick peas
Some believe it was a plague that children got by using black magic.
About 1 in 10 adults who had chickenpox will experience shingels
You are only able to pass chickenpox on within the first 2 days of having it, before your rash start to appear.
Chickenpox is common name for Varicella Zoster.
Chickenpox is caused by human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3)
Characteristic spots appear in two or three waves, mainly on body and head rather then the hands and they become itchy raw pox. The open sores usually heal without scarring
Spreads from person to person by direct contact
Through the air from an infected person coughing or sneezing
Toughing the fluid from a chickenpox blister
Stay away from people with chickenpox
Keep your children home if they are infected with chickenpox
The chickenpox virus remains in the nerve root cells of the body.
(They are bundles of nerves that transmit sensory information from the skin to the brain.)
Backache
Headache
Sore throat
A rash (red spots)
Blisters filled with liquid
Mild fever between 101 and 105 F and returns to normal when blisters disappear.
You are always in danger of get chickenpox unless you have got vaccinated and then you are still at some risk.
The blisters dry out and form scabs and once this happens your starting to become better.
Treatments: In baths sodium bicarbonate (salt) or antihistamie to ease the itching
Treatments: Good idea to maintain good hygiene to prevent secondary infection.
Vaccination: Varicella vaccination. Around since 1995, the vaccination is not lifelong and is necessary to get vaccinated 5 years after first vaccination.
Normal Reactions: Fever of 101.9 up to 42 days after vaccination, soreness/ itchy around the injection site, Rash occurs 8-19 after injection.
If a pregnant women gets chickenpox her baby is in risk of brain damage.
The disease was named after chick peas
Some believe it was a plague that children got by using black magic.
About 1 in 10 adults who had chickenpox will experience shingels
You are only able to pass chickenpox on within the first 2 days of having it, before your rash start to appear.