Chickenpox

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.

Approximately 5-14% of adults

with chickenpox develop lung problems, such

as pneumonia. If you smoke, your risk of developing

lung problems is much greater.

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.

It is advised that pregnant women who haven't had chickenpox and haven't had the vaccine avoid contact with anyone who has chickenpox as it can be fatal to the fetus or can cause birth defects. To be on the safe side I would check with your doctor.
A fetus infected from its mother by Varicella zoster virus may develop pocks that can cause limb deformities early in development.

Natural immunity to chickenpox results from previous infection. There is no other way to be naturally immune to chickenpox. Sometimes, the previous infection may be mild enough that the disease was not noticed.

You can become artificially immune to chickenpox by getting chickenpox vaccine.

Consult with a doctor

Chickenpox virus doesn't cause cold sores. Although the viruses that cause chickenpox and cold sores are similar, herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, and varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox.

Treatment for chickenpox is symptomatic; there's no cure but your immune system normally gets rid of the symptoms on its own. Antiitch remedies and other comfort measures can help. There are really 2 main oils to help get rid of scars left from chicken pox and they are camomile oil and emu oil.

In the US, you may be eligible for unpaid Family and Medical Leave Act time off to care for a child with chickenpox. Ask your human resources department if FMLA applies to your employer.

Chickenpox is an extremely contagious disease, spread by airborne transmission up to two weeks before bumps become visible. I cannot imagine how you have been able to determine that your child wasn't around an infected child unless you live in total isolation without seeing other humans.

Most human illnesses and infections do not transfer to animals, and most animal illnesses and infections do not transfer to humans. You can check with your vet, but you should be safe to pet your dog or cat. However, do wash your hands before and afterwards. Don't let your pet or any person touch the open sores.
No. The virus that causes chicken pox affects humans and a few other primates, such as gorillas. Most viruses, bacterias, fungi etc are species specific. Some of the few that can cross species are ringworm or some of the tick-borne diseases such as Lyme.
A dog can't get chickenpox. Chickenpox only affects humans and a few other primates.
No because Animals can not get illnesses from humans just like humans can not get illnesses from animals

Yes, you can get chickenpox after having measles. Although both are viral infectious diseases that cause rashes, they are caused by different viruses, and a history of one doesn't give immunity to the other.

It usually isn't bad as long as you don't ever get it. It can have worse effects on you if you are older. Some people purposefully get the chicken pox just for that reason. I would just say always get your vaccinations and make sure you stay away from anyone who does have it. See related link
Its actually better to get it when your younger. Im 13 as well and my sis got it today, im probebly going to get it. If u hav it when your older there would probebly be more pain, u can catch it from other people. i think u can get the vaccine, but im not sure because yr older.
if you come into contact with someone who has chicken pox, then you could catch it.
Nothing will happen

Chickenpox is not a reportable disease, so exact numbers are not available, but sampling centers for chickenpox prevalence shows that chickenpox cases in the US have dropped 90-95% since the start of immunization in the 1990s. Prior to the introduction of chickenpox vaccine in 1995, there were about 4 million cases per year. Now the rate is more like 200,000 to 400,000 cases per year. This rate is expected to drop further as more adults have been vaccinated.

There is no cure for chickenpox. Once you get chickenpox, the virus remains in your body for life. Your immune system will help resolve the original chickenpox illness. Antiviral medications can shorten the duration of illness, and are usually reserved for those at high risk for chickenpox complications.

The vaccine for Chicken Pox was developed by Michiaki Takahashi in 1974. It was used in the US since 1995.

chicken pox is only serious for children under one month for those children under 1 month old the disease could be fatal for anyone else it is just a disease that you should get befoe the age of 20 it is mostly fatal for children under 1 month old and adults

The highly contagious airborne disease chickenpox usually starts with a skin rash on the body and head, which becomes itchy, raw pockmarks, that usually heal without scarring.

See the related Wikipedia link listed below for more information

Chickenpox can also cause myalgia (muscle pain), itching, nausea, fever, headache, sore throat, pain in both ears.

Once you have had chicken pox you are immune from this virus for life however you may catch a variation of your particular chicken pox virus but I am unsure how common that occurance would be, you would have to be very unlucky. You may develop shingles later in life depending on your age, health etc, If you are sick and rundown you are more likely to develop shingles. A painful blistering spread along the nerve endings (for example on you lower back). If those blisters open up and another person comes into contact with them it is possible to infect that person with Chicken Pox as it is still the one and same virus.

No one knows where the disease started, but some believe it was first written about by a Persian physician in the 9th century. Giovanni Fillppo in Italy in the 1500s. What's more certain is that in the 1600s, an English doctor named Richard Morton named what he thought a variation of smallpox. Then William Heberden in the 1700s proved that chickenpox was different from smallpox.

It will vary from person to person in the length of time but the rule of thumb is that you will be able to spread the virus until a full sequential 24 hours have passed from the last time you had a fever. You'll need to check your temperature regularly to be sure it is down and staying down.

Yes, you can exercise when you have chickenpox if you have no fever and feel OK. You should stay isolated until all bumps and sores are scabbed over, so that you don't spread the infection to anyone else. You should also avoid getting overheated, as it may increase itching.

Most people get chickenpox when they are young, which is good. Although children can pull through chicken pox easily, if not uncomfortably, it is much more devastating to adults. Plus, once you have it as a kid, the cells go into remission in your body, your B cells produce antibodies for chickenpox, and there's a extremely high chance that you will never get chickenpox again.

But you can get it at any age.

The doseage changes each year with the seasonal flu vaccines based upon human and laboratory trials to see what doseages are effective against the selected strains of flu that are expected to be predominant during the upcoming flu season. The swine flu vaccine is still (August 2009) being tested to determine this by the drug manufacturers. It is expected that this will be tested and determined for vaccine release very soon.