Chicken Pox is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a type of
herpes virus. It is contracted by contact with actual lesions or by respiratory
secretions and there is a 10-21 day incubation period during which your child is
developing the illness but does not show any symptoms and is not contagious
(until the very last 1 or 2 days before the pox appear.). Once the vesicles show
up there are likely to be many more on the way for between 3 and 7 more days and
your child is contagious throughout this whole period until there are no new
lesions for at least 24 hours and the old lesions are dry or scabbed. This virus
is unusual in several ways, one way being that it settles into areas of the
nervous system and then potentially
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can reactivate as a localized painful rash that follows a nerve path. This is known as herpes zoster (also referred to as Shingles) and it is spread to anyone who has never had chicken pox only by direct contact with the lesions (not by the respiratory route like the original chicken pox infection). Zoster often occurs in elderly or run down or immune compromised people and is not the result of exposure to a child with chicken pox - it is a reactivation of one's own previous chicken pox infection, usually from as far back as childhood.
This becomes important to families when young children
with chicken pox are scheduled to visit grandparents and parents are concerned
that their elderly parents will "catch" pox from the grandchildren.
Chicken pox can be acquired any time during the year but is most prevalent in
winter and spring. 90-95% of Americans get chicken pox in childhood and often
from their own siblings. For unclear reasons, chicken pox is less common in
tropical climates and many adult immigrants are not protected from this
infection. Infection in adults is typically more severe and can be life
threatening. Almost all exposed children will develop a rash, described as
"dewdrops on rosebuds", although some children have so few lesions
that they may go unnoticed. Many children have a prodrome (sick period before
the actual obvious illness appears) that included fever, malaise, headache, poor
appetite, and mild abdominal pain. These symptoms may continue for 2-4 days
after the rash first appears. Usually the vesicles start on the face and scalp,
moving next to the trunk and then on to the extremities. They arrive in
clumps so that there are clusters of lesions in various stages around the body. The average number of lesions is about 300 but as few as 10 and as many as 1500 lesions have been counted on one child! They begin as itchy raised red bumps that soon become blister like with fluid inside and then "pop" or ooze and then crust over. Second cases in the home are usually worse than the original case and children with skin conditions such as excema are also prone to worse outbreaks. The lesions can appear anywhere including the mouth, the vagina , the anus, the eyes, and although painful, it rarely has serious outcome. The healing lesions are hypopigmented for many weeks but pox rarely scar except when badly gouged and infected secondarily with bacteria in the fingernails of the "scratcher". An immune globulin called VZIG (varicella-zoster immune globulin) is available for protection of immune compromised children, pregnant women, and newborn infants exposed to maternal varicella right before or after Chicken Pox is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus. It is contracted by contact with actual lesions or by respiratory secretions and there is a 10-21 day incubation period during which your child is developing the illness but does not show any symptoms and is not contagious (until the very last 1 or 2 days before the pox appear.). Once the vesicles show up there are likely to be many more on the way for between 3 and 7 more days and your child is contagious throughout this whole period until there are no new lesions for at least 24 hours and the old lesions are dry or scabbed. This virus is unusual in several ways, one way being that it settles into areas of the nervous system and then potentially can reactivate as a localized painful rash that follows a nerve path. This is known as herpes zoster (also referred to as Shingles) and it is spread to anyone who has never had chicken pox only by direct contact with the lesions (not by the respiratory route like the original chicken pox infection). Zoster often occurs in elderly or run down or immune compromised people and is not the result of exposure to a child with chicken pox - it is a reactivation of one's own previous chicken pox infection, usually from as far back as childhood. This becomes important to families when young children with chicken pox are scheduled to visit grandparents and parents are concerned that their elderly parents will "catch" pox from the grandchildren. Most children with chicken pox are at least mildly uncomfortable from the itchy nature of the pox. Using soothing lotions and cool baths is helpful as is keeping the fingernails short and antihistamines available for the worst nights. Many over the counter bath solutions claim to help dry the pox and certainly make the itching milder but be careful to only gently pat dry the rash so as not to irritate the skin or spread virus particles to others. Keeping cool and clean is very helpful for the comfort and safety of the child with pox. Keeping entertained is another matter and some families have combined their sick children to keep each other company. The risk of increasing the exposure for other siblings and for spreading secondary bacterial infection between the children make this a poor idea in general. Besides, sick children need to rest and be encouraged to drink more fluids instead of becoming more active during the illness. Staying out of doors and away from sun exposure also decreases the chance of severe itching and scarring. Most children are back in school in a week or so and have many fellow students to compare notes with. This is a very common and usually manageable childhood illness.
Symptoms, which include diarrhea and abdominal pain, usually begin two to eight days after a person has been exposed to the bacteria and resolve within a week.
may last one to three weeks. In many cases new clusters of blisters appear as
Many people can remember a time when they were a little kid and tiny little red bumps began to form on different locations of their skin. The small bumps began to spread and began to itch. Remembering the pink color of the calamine lotion that was used to soothe the itching sensation, realizing that these bumps were chicken pox. It is common knowledge that once a person contracts chicken pox and the outbreak clears up, the person will not get an outbreak again. Yet there are unknown complications that may develop later in life from having the chicken pox. Herpes zoster, or commonly known as Shingles, is one of these complications. Not only is this a very painful condition, but can lead to other complications as well (Sampathkumar, P., et al, 2009).
The incubation period of the Motaba virus was really short. It infected the cell within four hours of contact causing a fever. Later the virus will kill within the next 24 hours of that. Sam stated that if you do have a fever within 24 hours you do not have the virus (Petersen, 1995). The mortality rate of the Motaba virus was high
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Chicken pox, until at least 6 days after onset of rash or until all sores have dried and crusted;
Smallpox has been believed to be a prominent killer for thousands of years. Before 900 AD smallpox and measles were easily interchangeable to many physicians. These two diseases possessed similar symptoms, such as fevers and rashes, making it very difficult to distinguish between them. It was not until the Persian physician, Rhazes Ar-Raz Abmiz, that measles and smallpox were able to be clinically distinguished in 900 AD. Much later in 1751, Thomas Sydenham found further differentiating characteristics between the two diseases(Aufderheide, 202). Through the years, with its many outbreaks in varying areas across the planet, smallpox claimed millions of victims. Many rulers and soldiers were killed by this incredibly infectious disease. To prevent and hopefully stop the increasing numbers of deaths due to smallpox, many physicians slaved away to invent and find a cure for this disease. The first effective method of prevention was called variolation. Variolation was later modified and improved with vaccinations(Hopkins, 15). Today wild smallpox is no longer a risk. The last natural case of smallpox was reported in Somalia in 1977. While the last reported death due to smallpox was reported to be a year later in the UK(McNeil, 165). Smallpox is not completely out of the picture. After the 2001 attacks with anthrax, a strong paranoia of smallpox being used as another possible mean of bioterrorism has arisen(Oldstone, 32).
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans will develop a shingles infection at some point in their lifetime, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While shingles is often associated with those over the age of 50, anyone who has had chicken pox is at risk for developing the viral infection, even children on rare occasions. As such, it's important to not only understand the causes of shingles and potential treatment options for the condition, but also the internal and external symptoms of the infection.
Smallpox is spread by what is called “droplet infection.” “Droplets” refers to body fluid that escapes into the open air such as moisture does when you sneeze. The smallpox virus also remains active on a human corpse for up to three weeks and can be passed through the dead host to the living host that way and also through items such as blankets and clothing, which remain infected for up to one year.
reported human cases of this plague in the United States has increased since the 1960s
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After a few days after developing a rash, it may change into small lumps all over the body. These symptoms may come just after a week of being infected. "The first symptoms may appear 12 to 14 days after you're infected." A rash will appear in the mouth and throat in the first few days, it will then spread to the face and arms and finally, the legs. The rashes will grow bigger as days go by, eventually transforming into large bumps filled with puss and fluid. Then these bumps are replaced with blisters, which will drop off and that indicates that the person has become infected and can possibly spread the disease.
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In 1992, there was approximately 158,000 people reported to have Chickenpox across the world (National Vaccine Information Center, 2017). As a result, there are 100 deaths that are publicly known (National Vaccine Information Center, 2017). These deaths consisted of mainly adults (National Vaccine Information Center, 2017). Chickenpox is more serious in adults than in children (National Vaccine Information Center, 2017). Adults, infected with the Chickenpox virus, have a 20 percent chance of developing severe complications, such as pneumonia (National Vaccine Information Center, 2017). Other Chickenpox complications that may occur are lesions, bacterial infections, and brain inflammation (National Vaccine Information Center,
Chicken pox is not an Entrée that is served at one’s family holiday dinner party. Chicken pox is an extremely contagious disease caused by the Varicella zoster virus. Chicken Pox is not a disease that is known to affect other animals or insects. Unlike other diseases, where human and other animal close interaction causes the exchange of virus and disease this disease did not come from a human-chicken interaction. The name chicken pox has been stuck for generations; there are many theories behind its name. Chicken pox could sneak up on its young victims in the form of an innocent touch, or by inhaling tiny particles from a cough, or sneeze which then enters the respiratory tract. Once the virus attaches itself to it gracious, and unwilling host cells it causes a crimson rash that could be located on different parts of the body. The rash is highly irritating which makes it almost impossible not scratch. In the United States each year about 5,000 to 9,000 people are hospitalized, and around 100 people die from the microbe Varicella zoster that causes chicken pox.