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Chickenpox in adulthood does not have a special name. However, shingles is an infection that can result from later reactivation of your lifelong infection with chickenpox virus. It happens most often in adults.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThere is no special name for adult chickenpox, but shingles is an illness that can occur in those who previously had chickenpox.
Adults typically do not get chickenpox unless the adult never had chickenpox before. Instead, children get chickenpox and recover. The body carries the virus. Then, late in life, usually over at an age of over 50 years old, a person who had chickenpox as a child may develop shingles. A person must have had chickenpox in the past to then develop shingles in late life.
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Although many people think of chickenpox as a childhood disease, adults are still susceptible. Also known as varicella, chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It is most often recognized by a rash of itchy red blisters that appear on the face, neck, body, arms, and legs.
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Can you say viruela for chickenpox?
No, "viruela" is not Spanish for chickenpox. Viruela is smallpox, while varicela is chickenpox in Spanish.
Is chickenpox real?
Yes chicken pocks are realYes, chickenpox is a real disease, despite its common name. The scientific name for chickenpox is varicella.
Which viral infection is commonly known as chickenpox?
Varicella is the scientific name for chickenpox. This virus is known as Varicella zoster virus.
Is the chickenpox vaccine called VAR?
Yes, the name chickenpox was actually called varicella but they changed it after they found out what it originally came to be and how it works.
If the chickenpox and shingles are caused by the same virus why is the virus called varicella zoster when it's associated with chickenpox and herpes zoster when it's associated wit?
The virus is called varicella zoster virus regardless of whether it is causing chickenpox or shingles. The scientific name of shingles disease is herpes zoster, and the scientific name of chickenpox disease is varicella.
What is vericela?
Varicella, as the name for the disease is properly spelled, is another name for chickenpox.
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.
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.
What is the name of the stage when people stop growing?
adulthood
How do you say chickenpox in Nepali?
chickenpox's
