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Chickenpox

Chickenpox is a contagious and airborne disease primarily due to varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease can be easily spread through sneezing or coughing of infected individuals or through direct contact with the fluids secreted by the rash.

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Can you say viruela for chickenpox?

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No, "viruela" is not Spanish for chickenpox. Viruela is smallpox, while varicela is chickenpox in Spanish.

Can a cat or dog get chickenpox?

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some people say birds can get foul pox but no they cannot get chicken pox so that's a good thing no animals can get chicken pox the only 'animals' that can get it is humans, i hope that answers your question: - )


Birds do not get chickenpox. Chickenpox can infect only humans and a few other primates, such as gorillas.

Can you eat bananas when you have chickenpox?

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There are no dietary restrictions when you have chickenpox. You can eat what you like.

How is baking soda useful in chickenpox?

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Baking soda in the bath can help with itching due to chickenpox.

Where are chickens found?

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chicken is found all over the world it is found in north America, south America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Europe, but not in Antarctica it is too cold. chickens are usually farm animals and if they are wild they live in grassy and at the same time rocky areas.

How do you catch a chicken?

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You grab both its wings in against its body. One of the best ways is to use an old fish landing net. Corner the chicken in the barn or shed and scoop it up or trap it with the hand net. Remove it quickly before it gets tangled.

Can you get chickenpox and measles at the same time?

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The virus of chicken pox and measles are different

How does the chickenpox virus enter sensory nerves?

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The virus slams against the nerve cell and opens the nerve cell's membrane by fusing its membrane with it. The contents of the virus enter the nerves and begin the negative effects.

Can chickenpox cause infertility?

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Chickenpox doesn't affect fertility. The virus usually associated with infertility is another common childhood illness - mumps. Mumps can affect the testes, and in an adult can result in infertility.

What disease is caused y the reactivation of the chicken pox virus?

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Shingles, also known as Herpes Zoster

How are chickenpox HIV and measles similar?

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No, for one, Malaria infection is carried by a vector, in this case, a mosquitoe while Chicken pox is a viral infection without any vector. Although both are communicable diseases, chickenpox has a different transmission than Malaria.

What is diarrhea vaccine?

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Diarrhea is a symptom of several diseases, not a disease itself. Therefor there is no vaccine for diarrhea. But there are vaccines for some of the diseases that cause diarrhea as a symptom. However there are also non-disease causes of diarrhea and for these there will never be a vaccine, as there is nothing to vaccinate against.

Diarrhea is also a symptom of several types of poisons as well as radiation sickness and although these can be considered "diseases" or "illnesses", there is no disease causing organism to vaccinate against so there will never be a vaccine.

Can you get HIV if you catch chickenpox from someone with HIV?

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Yes, a history of herpes doesn't provide immunity from chickenpox.

What is varicella?

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It is a virus that causes what we call chickenpox.

Has chickenpox increased or decreased in the last 20 years?

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Chickenpox has decreased significantly in the last 20 years in the US since chickenpox vaccine was approved in the US in 1995.

When do chickenpox bumps go away?

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No, chickenpox remains contagious until all spots are scabbed over.

How you prepare vaccine?

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In case of tetanus vaccine, you culture the bacteria. Then isolate the bacteria and kill the same. Then you treat the same with phenol and / or aluminium hydroxide. The killed bacteria are oxydized with potassium dichromate. So you prepare the toxoid of the same. In case of rabies vaccine, you pass the virus repeatedly through the sheep or rabbit brain to prepare the fixed strain. Then from this fixed strain the scientist has prepared the vaccine, by attenuating the strain. So the viruses are cultured, usually on cell cultures and then attenuated to prepare the vaccines. Little is known about this to medical community. All the inventions are done by the scientists. They are the 'real' heroes and doctors get the credit for everything.

Is chickenpox related to smallpox?

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No. Chickenpox did not come from smallpox they are 2 separate viruses.

Who is the oldest person to get chickenpox?

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My brother had shingles when he was 4 or5 that would have been in about 1950. It was very bad. He was totally miserable. At that time the doctor said he was the youngest person he knew of to have them and he wrote of the case for a medical journal.

He lay on the bed without clothing or even a sheet. If you walked past the door or turned on the light in the next room he woke up screaming.

Can you be near toddlers and babies if you have chickenpox?

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A child/infant should not be around someone with chicken pox. If a child has already had the vaccination, they should be okay; however, vaccinated children have developed chicken pox. http://www.drgreene.com/21_510.html

Is chickenpox a genetic disease?

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Chickenpox is not a genetic disease. It's an infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus.

Can you get shingles from someone if you never had chickenpox?

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You do not get shingles without first getting the chicken pox.
You can't get shingles from someone. You only get shingles if you've had chickenpox in the past. If you have direct contact with shingles lesions, you could get chickenpox.