Where does chickenpox virus lie dormant?

Answer 1

The chickenpox virus (varicella zoster virus) enters the body through the upper respiratory mucous membranes and reproduces for a little bit. The virus then moves to the lymph nodes, then to the bloodstream, and then the skin cells. Usually the first rash shows in the back or chest. the rash moves to the limbs, face, eyelids, and sometimes the mouth. After recovery, the virus remains in part of the spinal cord (the dorsal root ganglia) for the rest of your life.

Answer 2

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. The virus remains dormant in the nerves come off of the spinal cord.

Answer 3

The varicella-zoster virus enters through the respiratory system and colonizes the upper respiratory tract.
Initial replication is in the lymph nodes then 4-6 days later, the virus enters the cells of the spleen, liver, and elsewhere.
After a week the virus travels to the viscera and skin, causing the typical skin lesions.Shingles" is another term for the skin infection caused by varicella-zoster virus.
Localized rash consists of painful blisters with a reddish base that follow the path on the skin supplied by the nerve roots of affected nerves.
One side of the body is normally affected.
Drainage from the blisters can carry the varicella-zoster virus.
Shingles may be contagious until lesions have crusted over.

*Chickenpox can be contracted from shingles-if individual has never had chickenpox.
*Shingles cannot be contracted from chickenpox, rather a reactivation of the virus.
*Shingles cannot be contracted from shingles.

Answer 4

i have the chicken pox's and i have tried everything but nothing that i tried would work....... so my question is how do you cure, or make the chicken pox's go away?

Answer 5

It can be dormant before it appears. Most of the time it appears within 24 hours of exposure to the virus.

Answer 6

In the ganglion cells of the nervous system.