Does chickenpox cause gassiness?

Cold virus doesn't cause chickenpox, but people with chickenpox often experience symptoms similar to those of a cold.

Bordatella pertussis does not cause chickenpox; it causes whooping cough. Varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.

Yes, chickenpox may cause a fever of up to 102 or 103F.

Yes, chickenpox can cause permanent scars.

Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus, which is a member of the herpes virus group. Herpes simplex virus does not cause chickenpox.

No, it can not. They are separate viruses and cause separate diseases.

Measles and chickenpox are caused by different viruses and are different illnesses. Measles can't cause chickenpox.

Chickenpox virus doesn't cause cold sores. Although the viruses that cause chickenpox and cold sores are similar, herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, and varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.

Chickenpox vaccine does not cause shingles directly, but the virus, like naturally-caught virus, stays in the spinal cord and may be reactivated later to cause herpes. The chances are lower with chickenpox vaccine than with chickenpox disease.

Chickenpox can kill the patient, can cause serious illness and hospitalization, and can cause miscarriage.

Chickenpox cannot cause an STD. Chickenpox is spread by respiratory droplets or by skin-to-skin contact with chickenpox bumps before they've crusted over. It's certainly possible to get chickenpox from sex, but that's not a typical mode of transmission.

Itching is one of the main symptoms of chickenpox.

Shingles are not triggered by subsequent exposure to chickenpox.

Chickenpox is caused by a communicable virus. It is not caused by pizza.

Some patients who get chickenpox vaccine will have a mild case of chickenpox with very few lesions as a result. A full-blown case is not typical.

A virus called varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.

Viruses cause both chickenpox and the common cold.

Yes, chickenpox virus causes shingles. The virus remains in your body for life after having chickenpox. Later, it may be reactivated and cause shingles, or herpes zoster.

Both allergies and chickenpox involve the immune system and can cause itching.

Chickenpox can cause a runny nose and sore throat.

Both animals and penicillin are unrelated to chickenpox. Animals do not get chickenpox, other than humans and a few primates. Penicillin does not cause or cure chickenpox.

Viral pathogens cause colds, flu, and chickenpox.

You are not likely to get chickenpox if you had them before, but the virus stays in your body for life, and may be reactivated in the future to cause shingles. Between 20 and 30% of patients who had chickenpox get shingles later in life.

Chickenpox virus remains in your body, and may be reactivated later to cause shingles.

Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus, a member of the herpes family. And chickenpox can affect the mucous membranes near the eye. However, chickenpox does not cause the kind of vision-threatening infection usually associated with herpes simplex or herpes zoster infection of the eye.