chickenpox
Chickenpox Category:health
A viral disease that usually begins with fever and cough, followed by a rash that progresses from red bumps to blisters to scabs. A vaccine is available to prevent this disease. Also called varicella or varicella zoster.
Chickenpox Category:medicine
chickenpox
<virology> A common highly infectious and contagious childhood viral infection that results in a generalised blistery red rash.
The name was meant to distinguish this weak form of the pox from smallpox (chicken being used, as in chickenhearted, to mean weak or timid).
Starts as an eruption of red papules (bumps) which become vesicles (blisters) than pustules. Other symptoms include malaise, weakness, sore throat, cough and fever. Incubation period is 14 to 17 days. There can be complications of chickenpox including pneumonia and encephalitis, particularly in adults but also sometimes in children, and reactivation of the same herpes virus is reponsible for shingles (zoster).
Synonym: varicella
chickenpox
or varicellarnrnContagious viral disease producing itchy blisters
rnIt usually occurs in epidemics among young children, causes a low fever, and runs a mild course, leaving patients immune. The blisters can scar if scratched. The virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus) can reactivate years later, causing shingles. Zoster immune globulin (ZIG) can prevent chickenpox in children with leukemia or immunodeficiency disorders who are exposed to the virus. A vaccine has also been developed.
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A viral disease that usually begins with fever and cough, followed by a rash that progresses from red bumps to blisters to scabs. A vaccine is available to prevent this disease. Also called varicella or varicella zoster.
Chickenpox Category:medicine
chickenpox
<virology> A common highly infectious and contagious childhood viral infection that results in a generalised blistery red rash.
The name was meant to distinguish this weak form of the pox from smallpox (chicken being used, as in chickenhearted, to mean weak or timid).
Starts as an eruption of red papules (bumps) which become vesicles (blisters) than pustules. Other symptoms include malaise, weakness, sore throat, cough and fever. Incubation period is 14 to 17 days. There can be complications of chickenpox including pneumonia and encephalitis, particularly in adults but also sometimes in children, and reactivation of the same herpes virus is reponsible for shingles (zoster).
Synonym: varicella
chickenpox
or varicellarnrnContagious viral disease producing itchy blisters
rnIt usually occurs in epidemics among young children, causes a low fever, and runs a mild course, leaving patients immune. The blisters can scar if scratched. The virus that causes chickenpox (varicella-zoster virus) can reactivate years later, causing shingles. Zoster immune globulin (ZIG) can prevent chickenpox in children with leukemia or immunodeficiency disorders who are exposed to the virus. A vaccine has also been developed.
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