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If you are going on holiday in a week would you spend time now with a grandchild with chickenpox?
If you are not immune to chickenpox from previous infection or immunization, you may be at risk for chickenpox from exposure now. If you are immune, there is no risk.
Had chickenpox as a child but am now pregnant and have been around a child who has been exposed to chickenpox what do you do?
If you had chickenpox as a child, there is no special care required if you are pregnant and were exposed to chickenpox.
Did you get vaccinated before you got chickenpox?
when I was small, they had no vaccine for chickenpox. I have to worry about shingles now. I did get a vaccination for that.
What are the chances that a child will get chickenpox?
Children as a group are more likely to get chickenpox because they are less likely to have had chickenpox previously. Chickenpox is highly contagious, and usually confers lifelong immunity, so adults are likely to be immune. In countries without routine vaccination, 90% of adults are immune to chickenpox due to previous infection.
Your child has had chickenpox for 2-3 days now but is not itchy or blistered yet?
If your child had the vaccine previously, they may get a mild case without itching or blisters. However, if your child has not been vaccinated, the diagnosis is not likely to be chickenpox if bumps have been showing up for two to three days without itching or blistering. Contact your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
Was Robert E. Lee crusty and dusty when he died?
No, he died as the president of Washington College (now Washington & Lee University). It is doubtful he was "dusty and crusty."
Can you get chickenpox from someone who has shingles?
Yes, it is possible for someone to get chickenpox from a person who has shingles, but it's not easy. You can only get chickenpox from someone with shingles if you come in direct skin-to-skin contact with wet or weeping lesions. Once the lesions are crusted over, you can't get it. Since you haven't had chickenpox, which is the same virus as shingles (that you've now been exposed to), you'll probably end up with chickenpox.
Why does chickenpox scar?
No chicken pox is all ways a little itchy. When most people get chicken pox they are so itchy. When my 3 brothers and my sister and I all had chicken pox at the same time their was a lot of scratching are bodes in the house. My sister and 2 of my brothers had to get rushed to the hospital because they had chicken pox in side their bodes. One of my brothers died at the hospital because he had about 100 chicken pox spots in side his body. My brother who had to go to the hospital but did not die now has to use a breathing musheen and has to use a wheel chair to get a round. My sister has to use a feeding tube and is blind and has to use a wheel chair to get a round.
If you have had a belly button piercing for 6 weeks now. The hole is still a bit white and crusty around the ring and sometimes puss comes out. Is that ok?
No, that is not OK. Remove the piercing, try rinsing with a mild disinfectant(like a saline solution), let the infection clear up.
What are the symptoms of chickenpox and who gets chickenpox the most?
Varicella is another name for chickenpox. There is a vaccine now for chickenpox. Children often got chickenpox when they were very young. This virus remains in the body until the immune system cannot repress it anymore. It then re-activates and forms shingles. About one in three will get shingles. A child who gets the vaccine will not get shingles when he gets older. The symptoms of chickenpox local look a lot like a "chicken pecked" a spot on the skin. These will begin to scab over in a few days. The scabs can be infectious.
What type of viral infection has symptoms what fever muscle pain weakness headache vomiting diarrhea and now a bad rash that is bleeding in spots?
Probably shingles. You need to go to the doctor if you have those symptoms. You also need a lot of rest. Shingles is the reoccurring form of chickenpox. Where is the rash?
Severe sunburn on your back and is now severely itchy how do you get rid of that?
Use aloe vera lotion.
