Chickenpox

The appearance of scabs after varicella (chickenpox) indicate the patient is no longer contagious. As long as you do not scratch at or pick at the healing scabs, the scabs will take two or three weeks to disappear completely.

Chickenpox is a member of the herpes virus family, which includes herpes simplex virus and Epstein-Barr virus.

As a general rule, people should not play sport whilst suffering any highly infectious disease. The risk of human to human infection and the associated health risks that come from any mild or serious infection outweigh an individuals desire to continue playing sports. Until all chickenpox bumps have scabbed over, you should stay home so that you don't infect others.

I would like to point out, that Zostavax can cause shingles. I was a healthy 64 year old male who received the Zostavax vaccine on 2/5/08. Ten days later, my doctor diagnosed me with "classic shingles". He put me on Valtrex for 7 days and 1 month later was still suffering with red spots on my (right) chest, severe pain in my right arm and shoulder, and severe itching. I notified Merck and my doctor also did! I read Merck's "double blind" studies, and nowhere does it simply say: this vaccine can cause you to contract shingles. I have all the documentation as well as pictures. Please caution anyone who wants to gamble with their health. I don't believe Merck is being as honest as they should regarding the safety of this vaccine.

The CDC reports that about 90% of all adults are immune to chicken pox.

The virus can be spread only by the infected person and is contagious from just before the rash breaks out until the blisters are scabbed over ( 4 to 7 days ), after exposure 10-21 days pass before symptoms begin.

Doctors recommend keeping children with chicken pox out of school for about a week.

It is not necessary for you to stay home from work if you have been immunized or have had them in the past, only the infected people within the above stated time period are contagious.

Chickenpox is a viral illness and was not invented or created. It was around long before the 1950s.

I can't speak for the internal organs, but you can certainly get pox inside your mouth and cheeks, yes.
no its not get over it!
Good question. Maybe your Dr. can answer that one. But it is possible.
Herpes Zoster is chicken pox and that is a disorder that occurs on the skin and beneath the skin. You also can get this virus inside the body

Since chicken pox seems to mutate into worse cases as the season progresses, my thought is that the children who get it last (or who are older before catching it) are sicker. Temperatures run higher as does the number of lesions.

If someone has already been infected with chickenpox, they are immune to it. Vaccines are also available.

You have immune system in your body. This system recognizes the 'Foreign protein' that has entered in your body in the form of infection. It give rise to cell mediated and humeral immunity against the various infections, once you catch the same. Immunity against the virus infection is usually life long as against the bacterial infections.

You get immunity to chickenpox by way of immunization. You can get passive immunity by injecting the chickenpox immunoglobins. Thirdly you can get the immunity by catching the disease by deliberate exposure of the child to chickenpox patient. After the attack of chickenpox you have immunity against the virus.

Scabies and chicken box are unrelated infections, and having chicken pox in the past does not protect against scabies.

If someone is in contact with someone with chickenpox they can EASILY catch the virus...so yes you can catch it even if the person doesn't have it YET it takes three days until you get sympthoms but you still have they virus and yes you are contagious I recomend you stay away

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.

The vast majority of patients have no long-term effects from chickenpox. A few many have a handful of minor scars from the pox.

The most common long-term risk is for shingles (also called herpes zoster) to occur years after infection with chickenpox. Since the virus stays in your body for life, it may cause symptoms later of localized rash, pain, burning, and possibly long-term neuropathy affecting the area where the rash occurred.

No, 'Shingles' itself is not a condition that can be 'caught'.

When someone first catches the virus Herpes zoster, the first symptoms they will develop is what we call 'chicken pox'. However once this condition passes, the virus remains in the body, and can cause shingles to develop many years later.

If you've never had chicken pix before, then you may catch it from an infected child. However if you have had it before, then technically you are still actually infected by the virus, and contact with the child won't cause you to get chicken pox again, nor can it trigger shingles to develop.

Chickenpox can be prevented . The easiest way to prevent catching chicken pox is to get vaccinated. However, vaccination is only successful in 70% to 90% of all vaccinations. Individuals who have been vaccinated but still acquire chickenpox, usually have a milder disease that heals more quickly than non vaccinated individuals.

Yes, you can shower or bathe when you have chickenpox. Many people find some relief from itching from baths.

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Calamine is safe and effective for patients with chickenpox. Many patients find it provides some relief from itching.

Once you get the chicken pox infection, the virus gets hidden in your posterior root ganglion. How does it evades the immune system is poorly understood. It comes out in the form of herpes zoster or shingles, when your immunity lowers down. There is no mutation of the virus.

You can get Chicken Pox from anywhere in the world. It is a highly contagious virus that usually affects children 12 and under.swiftwings1s comment: just to add,once you get chicken pox u are completely immune to it and cannot get it again!

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. Smallpox localized in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat.
In the skin it resulted in a characteristic maculopapular rash and, later, raised fluid-filled blisters. V. major produces a more serious disease and has an overall mortality rate of 30-35%.
Long-term complications of V. major infection include characteristic scars, commonly on the face, which occur in 65-85% of survivors. Blindness resulting from corneal ulceration and scarring and limb deformities due to arthritis and osteomyelitis are less common complications, seen in about 5% of cases.

The history of smallpox extends into pre-history; the disease likely emerged in human populations about 10,000 BC. The earliest credible evidence of smallpox is found in the Egyptian mummies of people who died some 3,000 years ago.
During the 18th century the disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year, including five reigning monarchs, and was responsible for a third of all blindness. Between 20 and 60% of all those infected, and over 80% of infected children, died from the disease.


During the 20th century, it is estimated that smallpox was responsible for 300-500 million deaths.

In the early 1950s an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox occurred in the world each year. As recently as 1967, the World Health Organization estimated that 15 million people contracted the disease and that two million died in that year.
After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in December 1979. To this day, smallpox is the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated.

Simply don't watch anything which could scare you or make you worry or feel uncomfortable, and a good way to do it is to not eat snacks too late and defiantly not cheese. Also being around someone you feel safe with like family or guardians , sometimes the nightmare could be something that's happening in real life like bullying so its best to make the problem stop and then you wont get nightmares.Also some cultures believe that if you have a worry doll you can tell it your worry/nightmare and then put it under your pillow and it it will stop the nightmares... hope it helps! (sometimes you can get worry dolls in hawkins bazzar and if not you will have to keep a look out for them!)

The incubation period (the time from exposure to the disease to developing the first symptoms) is 14 to 16 days.