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What is the common name for rubella?
Varicella is the scientific name for chickenpox. The virus that causes chickenpox is 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.
Do microbes cause chickenpox?
A virus called varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.
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 are some illnesses with similar symptoms to Impetigo?
Shingles is a viral disease related to chickenpox. It results from reactivation of the lifelong infection with the chickenpox virus. Chickenpox can cause myocarditis as a complication. There can be secondary bacterial infection of the skin. Rarely there can be viral encephalitis.
Is there a treatment or vaccine for chickenpox?
Yes. It was first made when Edward Jenner injected the cowpox virus into individuals in 1796, which worked because the diseases are in the same family and close enough to trick the immune system. Interestingly, Jenner named the vaccine after the root word for cow, which is vacca in Latin.
Why is the virus called shingles?
Shingles is not the name of the virus but the name of the rash. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the varicella (chickenpox)-zoster (shingles) virus. Its' name is from the French and Latin meaning girdle or belt. The rash "follows" the nerves. These nerves come off of the spinal cord in a belt-like fashion.
Painful viral infections of nerve endings are called what?
Painful viral infections of nerve endings are called herpes zoster, also known as shingles. It is a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Symptoms include rash, pain, and burning sensations along affected nerve pathways.
What is a milder version of chickenpox called?
There is no special medical term for a mild case of chickenpox. Shingles is the term for a recurrence of chickenpox that is usually covering a small area of the body; however, the symptoms may be different and, in some ways, more severe. Shingles isn't considered a milder version of chickenpox.
Is chickenpox a symptom of the herpes virus?
A culture test and the most modern blood tests can distinguish chickenpox from herpes. Older-generation blood tests may not. Talk to your health care provider for information specific to your situation and test results.
What is the acute viral infection that affects the intercostal nerves called?
The acute viral infection that affects the intercostal nerves is called herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles. It is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox. Shingles is characterized by a painful rash and can lead to complications such as postherpetic neuralgia. The infection typically presents as a localized, blistering rash along a dermatome corresponding to the affected nerves.
What is the meaning of the word shingle?
Shingles is the clinical manifestation of activated herpes zoster viruses that normally live within nerves reaching the skin surface, forming painful papular lesions in a dermatomal distribution specific to their home nerve.
