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What are the early signs of chickenpox in a 6 month old who has been exposed to someone with shingles?
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∙ 10y ago
Basically the basic signs of chicken pox includes fever, body aches and malaise and the usual blisters that usually all over the body.
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What are the early symptoms of shingles?
When the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates, it causes shingles. Early symptoms of shingles include headache, sensitivity to light, and When the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates, it causes shingles. Early symptoms of shingles include headache, sensitivity to light, and
Shingles Causes, Symptoms and Treatment?
If you are one of the nine out of ten Americans who have had chickenpox, you are at risk for developing shingles. Shingles is a nasty, painful, viral rash caused by the varicella zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. After a case of chickenpox heals, the virus can hide in the body for many years, unnoticed, and, if reactivated later in life, can develop into a case of shingles. At least half of shingles cases are seen in people over the age of 60, but shingles can develop at any time with little or no warning. The reason for reactivation of the virus isn't clear but people with a weakened immune system because of other illnesses or medications like chemotherapy, seem to be at the highest risk. Because the main hiding place for the varicella virus is along nerve roots and pathways, an outbreak of the rash can be intensely painful. Vaccines can reduce the chances of developing shingles and early treatment can reduce the severity and duration of the infection. The first symptom a person may notice is pain, which can be intense. There may be tingling, or a localized area of numbness, generally on one side of the body. Several days later, a rash may develop in that same area, followed by a strip of fluid-filled blisters which will break, itch and crust over. While it's common to see these on the torso, they may also appear on one side of the neck or face, or around one eye. A person with shingles can pass the virus to anyone who isn't immune to chickenpox, however, in that person, the virus will cause chickenpox and not shingles. Ordinarily, the pain from shingles will decrease and go away as the blisters heal, but in some cases, the pain can continue long after the blisters are gone due to nerve damage caused by the virus. Shingles that occur on the face or around the eye can cause serious eye infections and vision loss. While there is no cure for shingles, prompt treatment with prescription anti-viral drugs can reduce the risk of complications and speed recovery, and since anti-viral drugs are most effective within the first 72 hours, it's important to be seen by the doctor as quickly as possible when symptoms appear. The shingles vaccine is available to people over the age of 50, and while it doesn't guarantee someone won't get shingles, it can help reduce the severity of symptoms, as well as the risk of complications.
Can chickenpox cause a cough?
Many people with chickenpox have a cough in the early stages. The droplets released by the cough are one of the ways that the virus spreads to others.
When was chickenpox eradicated from the world?
Chicken pox has not been eradicated from the world as of 2013. However, there is a vaccine that has become popular in the past ten years to help prevent children from getting chicken pox. Once a person has had chicken pox they will most likely never get it again.
Is shingles a notifiable communicable disease?
I know that you can get shingles if you have ever had chicken pox. The chicken pox virus stays in your system once you have had them. If your immune system is weakened, the virus rears it ugly head again as shingles. If you have never had chicken pox, there is a vaccine available for it now.
What does it mean for an adult to have high levels of the chickenpox virus in their blood?
It is not normal to have a test to detect the level of chickenpox virus in your blood. There is a high level of chickenpox virus in your blood early in the infection. I suspect that you're asking about chickenpox antibody levels in your blood. High levels of antibodies to varicella zoster virus indicates immunity, whether through previous infection or through vaccination.
Does shingles always have open weeping lesions?
Not at all, but it can. Early disgnosis and treatment can prevent serious sores.
What is shingles and what are the signs and symptoms?
When the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates, it causes shingles. Early symptoms of shingles include headache, sensitivity to light, and flu-like symptoms without a fever. You may then feel itching, tingling, or pain where a band, strip, or small area of rash may appear several days or weeks later. A rash can appear anywhere on the body but will be on only one side of the body, the left or right. The rash will first form blisters, then scab over, and finally clear up over a few weeks. This band of pain and rash is the clearest sign of shingles.
Name something that people want to do early in life if possible?
have kids, retire, get married, travel, get an education, get chickenpox, save money
What happens to your health after shingles?
You can only get shingles if you have had chicken pox (varicella) or have had the chicken pox vaccine. Once you get infected with chicken pox and then recover the virus that caused the chicken pox never leaves your body, instead it retreats to a nerve in the body were it will remain forever. If at some later point your immune function is decreased do to advancing age, illness, stress, or certain medications the virus can reactivate itself. When that happens you get shingles not chicken pox. If you are exposed to someone with active weeping shingles you can get chicken pox from them if you have never had chicken pox but you cannot get shingles from them. If you have had chicken pox and are exposed to someone with shingles you are not at risk of contracting anything from them. Chicken pox is a type of herpes virus and like oral and genital herpes you don't ever get rid of it from your body.
How was chickenpox created?
Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus. It leads to a skin rash that is itchy and after a few days transforms into blisters. Chickenpox virus is transmitted by air and reaches a healthy organism by mouth or by nose. If an infected person coughs or sneezes and the small particles of saliva reaches a healthy person the virus will get into the lungs and then into the blood stream. If a person has had chickenpox the chances for it to develop this disease again are quite small. Chickenpox is very contagious and generally 90% of those who live close to the infected person will catch the virus if they are not immunized against it. It seems that chickenpox occurs more often during later winter and early spring moths.
What marterials were used by the first settlers for early settler housing?
Timber frames, daub & wattle walls, with timber shingles for roofing.
