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Can chickenpox vaccine cause shingles?
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.
What is the connection between varicella and the chickenpox vaccine?
Varicella Zoster is a type of herpes virus that is commonly the cause of chickenpox. The chickenpox vaccine, often called the Varicella vaccine, is a live virus vaccine to protect against chickenpox, as it can be extremely dangerous in adults. As shingles can also result from the same virus, the vaccine protects against that as well.
What kills chickenpox and cold sores?
There are antiviral medications that reduce the duration of herpes infections like chickenpox, cold sores, and genital herpes. These include valacyclovir and acyclovir.
What is valacyclovir hcl used for?
Valacyclovir HCl is commonly used to treat conditions caused by certain viruses, such as herpes simplex viruses and varicella-zoster virus. It is used to treat recurrent genital herpes, cold sores, shingles, and chickenpox.
If you have herpes or have had the chickenpox does that mean that you are CMV positive?
No, cytomegalovirus is a separate virus from Varicella Zoster virus (the one that causes chickenpox) and herpes simplex virus (which causes genital herpes and cold sores and related illnesses). It is possible to have all three at the same time, but they are separate viruses and if you have herpes or have had the chickenpox, it does not mean that you are CMV positive.
What virus is similar to chickenpox?
Chickenpox is a member of the herpes virus family, which includes herpes simplex virus and Epstein-Barr virus.
Can you get chickenpox from talking to someone with shingles?
Facial herpes, or cold sores, is caused by herpes simplex virus. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus. You can't get chickenpox from someone with facial herpes unless they also have chickenpox.
Will smallpox vaccine help with cold sores?
No. You can still get cold sores if you have had the chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox and cold sores are caused by slightly different types of viruses in the herpesvirus family. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus, and cold sores are caused by herpes simplex virus.
Can chickenpox be confused for herpes in a culture test?
A culture will reliably distinguish herpes from chickenpox
How was chickenpox discovered?
Discoveries about chickenpox have been ongoing for over a thousand years:Chickenpox was described clinically by a Persian scholar, Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi, the ninth century. He didn't differentiate between chickenpox and smallpox, though.Giovanni Filippo of Italy differentiated between chickenpox and scarlet fever in the sixteenth century.In the 17th century, an English physician, Morton, called a disease "chickenpox" that seemed to be a less dangerous form of smallpox.In the 18th century, another Englishman proved that smallpox and chickenpox were different diseases.In the late 19th century, the relationship of chickenpox and herpes zoster was established, and a scientist named Steiner proved that it was an infectious disease.The link between chickenpox and herpes zoster was proven in the 1950s.Live weakened chickenpox vaccine was invented in the 1970s. The vaccine was approved for use in March 1995 in the US.The first anti-herpes medication, acyclovir, was invented in the 1980s.
What is the Oka strain varicella vaccine?
"Oka" is the last name of the Japanese child, of which researchers took specimen of Varicella (chickenpox) to make the live (attenuated) virus be a part of Varivax or the chickenpox vaccine. The strain of virus is also made into Zostavax for Herpes Zoster also known as Shingles.
Can you get shingles vaccine if you have had herpes?
Herpes zooster can cause shingles. This type of herpes causes chicken pox. It's slightly different then the herpes that causes cold sores and genital herpes. If you have had chicken pox as a child then you could possibly get shingles later in life.
