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The highly contagious airborne disease chickenpox usually starts with a skin rash on the body and head, which becomes itchy, raw pockmarks, that usually heal without scarring.
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Chickenpox can also cause myalgia (muscle pain), itching, nausea, fever, headache, sore throat, pain in both ears.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 8y agoChicken pox are easily communicable. It infects a person through a cough, sneeze, or by body contact. The way to prevent infection is to avoid anyone else who has it, but this only applies to people who have never been infected with chicken pox before.
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∙ 9y agoChickenpox will make a person develop a fever before the breakout. After the breakout, the chickenpox will make a person itch very badly for a few days.
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∙ 15y agoyou can only get it once be cause your t-cell know that how to fight the virues out
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∙ 13y agoChicken pox can turn into encephalitis. 1 in 5000 of people who catch chicken pox get encephalitis and 3 in 100,000 die, so your chances of dying from it are very low.
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∙ 9y agoYes, you can get chickenpox if exposed to the virus is you weren't previously infected or immunized.
if the adult has had chickenpox then they are not at risk.
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Can you spread chickenpox with a phone call?
You can't spread chickenpox with a phone call, unless you are sharing a telephone receiver with someone who is sick with chickenpox.
Are chickenpox and cholera spread by sick people coughing or sneezing without covering their mouths?
Chickenpox may be spread by respiratory droplets (coughing and sneezing). Cholera is spread by contaminated water.
Did Cornwallis send men with chickenpox into the American lines to make them sick?
No, Cornwallis sent men with smallpox into American lines to make the sick, during the battle of Yorktown.
Can you transmit chickenpox to someone else when you have been in contact with someone with chickenpox?
You can only transmit chickenpox to someone if you have the chickenpox yourself.Once you had chicken pox you can not get it again-that is what is believed by doctors and scientists. You should be vaccinated for it because if you were not and did not have it when you were young you can get it when you are elderly but it is worse and called "shingles."
How do people get chickenpox without being sick?
Some people have such a mild case of chickenpox that they don't notice being ill. This could result from maternal antibodies (from birth or breastfeeding), previous vaccination, or other unknown factors.
What is chickenpox RNA?
There is no chickenpox RNA; chickenpox is a DNA virus.
Can you test positive if you had chickenpox vaccine but never had chickenpox?
A person with a history of chickenpox or history of chickenpox vaccine will typically have a positive antibody test for chickenpox.
What steps could a school implement to stop the spread of chickenpox?
Immediate chickenpox immunization clinics, strict handwashing, cough hygiene, and restricting return of sick school community members until all lesions are scabbed can stop the spread of chickenpox within a school.
Is chickenpox vaccine useful?
Chickenpox vaccine is useful. It reduces the risk of chickenpox, of complications, hospitalizations, and deaths from chickenpox, and of shingles.
Is chickenpox autoimmune?
Chickenpox is not an autoimmune disease. Chickenpox is a viral communicable disease.
Does chickenpox cause gassiness?
yes it does because you are sick and all the acid in your body goes down to your butt so it makes you really really gassy!
How do you say chickenpox in Nepali?
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