Chickenpox Sentence Examples

Fluid from shingles blisters can cause chickenpox in people who are not already immune.

Most of us have had chickenpox, most of us have had herpes simplex 1 or 2 or both.

Patients with widespread eczema can also develop severe chickenpox.

However, as of 2004, it is too early to determine whether vaccinated children are more or less likely to develop shingles in adulthood as compared with adults who were naturally infected with chickenpox as children.

Study results reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that more than 90 percent of American adults are immune to the chickenpox virus.

Pregnant women who get chickenpox or shingles have a higher than normal risk of developing pneumonia.

What should I be doing to treat the chickenpox?

Treating childhood illnesses with homeopathy (e.g. measles, mumps, chickenpox, impetigo, molluscum and whooping cough ).

Chickenpox spreads in tiny droplets of saliva and nasal mucus coughed out by an infected person.

Chickenpox is most serious for pregnant women, and immunocompromised individuals and exposed neonates, who are at risk of severe, disseminated disease.

In the immunocompromised however, this viraemia may be prolonged or severe producing disseminated varicella which looks the same as primary chickenpox.

Passive immunization should be carried out using Varicella zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) in non-immune patients if exposed to chickenpox or shingles.

Prevention Chickenpox is now a vaccine preventable disease with the advent of a live attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine.

One rare cause of stroke is an extreme case of the chickenpox virus, which causes a narrowing of blood vessels in the head for some children.

Reye's syndrome-A serious, life-threatening illness in children, usually developing after a bout of flu or chickenpox, and often associated with the use of aspirin.

In children, ITP is usually triggered by a virus infection, most often rubella, chickenpox, measles, cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

If the child has had a recent childhood illness (measles, chickenpox) or a virus, the risk for ITP is greater, and this fact will be considered along with diagnostic testing results.

Hyperthyroidism, whooping cough, chickenpox, measles, and Hib disease (a bacterial infection) may cause mental retardation if they are not treated adequately.

Impetigo tends to develop in areas of the skin that have already been damaged through some other mechanism (a cut or scrape, burn, insect bite, or vesicle from chickenpox).

Itching is a symptom of many common childhood ailments such as chickenpox and contact with poison ivy, as well as of some more serious conditions.

The EBV that causes mononucleosis is related to a group of herpes viruses, including those that cause cold sores, chickenpox, and shingles.

Herpes viruses cause several infections, all characterized by blisters and ulcers, including chickenpox, shingles, genital herpes, and cold sores or fever blisters.

Although not as contagious as measles or chickenpox, mumps was once quite common.

Secondary encephalitis may occur with measles, chickenpox, mumps, rubella, and EBV.

Herpes viruses are the cause of infections as diverse as sexually transmitted diseases, chickenpox and cold sores.

It has been conclusively proven that another herpes virus-varicella zoster virus (VZV), the cause of both chickenpox and shingles-is the culprit for Ramsey-Hunt syndrome.

Shingles-An disease caused by an infection with the Herpes zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox.

Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion.

Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (a member of the herpes virus family), which is spread through the air or by direct contact with an infected person.

A single attack of chickenpox almost always brings lifelong immunity against the disease.

Because the symptoms of chickenpox are easily recognized and in most cases merely unpleasant rather than dangerous, treatment can almost always be carried out at home.

For this reason, doctors recommend keeping children with chickenpox away from school for about a week.

Prior to the use of the varicella vaccine, chickenpox was a typical part of growing up for most children in the industrialized world.

More than half of all chickenpox deaths occur among adults.

Because almost every case of chickenpox, no matter how mild, leads to lifelong protection against further attacks, adults account for less than 5 percent of all cases in the United States.

A case of chickenpox usually starts without warning or with only a mild fever and a slight feeling of unwellness.

Some chickenpox sufferers also have headaches, abdominal pain, or a fever.

The threat is greatest to newborns, who are more at risk of death from chickenpox than any other group.

Under certain circumstances, children born to mothers who contract chickenpox just prior to delivery face an increased possibility of dangerous consequences, including brain damage and death.

They have the second-highest rate of death from chickenpox.

Aspirin and any medications that contain aspirin or other salicylates must not be used with chickenpox, for they appear to increase the chances of developing Reye's syndrome.

Immunocompromised chickenpox sufferers are sometimes given an antiviral drug called acyclovir (Zovirax).

Most cases of chickenpox run their course within a week without causing lasting harm.

However, there is one long-term consequence of chickenpox that strikes about 20 percent of the population, particularly people 50 and older.

Like all herpes viruses, the varicella-zoster virus never leaves the body after an episode of chickenpox.

A vaccine for chickenpox became available in the United States in 1995 under the name Varivax.

It has been proven to be 85 percent effective for preventing all cases of chickenpox and close to 100 percent effective in preventing severe cases.

For older children, up to age 12, the CDC recommends vaccination when a reliable determination that the child in question has already had chickenpox cannot be made.

The finding is important, since even chickenpox can be a serious complication in children who must undergo a kidney transplant.

The vaccine is useful when given early after exposure to chickenpox and, if given in the midst of the incubation period, it can be preventative.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America stated in 2000 that immunization is recommended for all adults who have never had chickenpox.

Acyclovir-An antiviral drug, available under the trade name Zovirax, used for combating chickenpox and other herpes viruses.

Varicella zoster-The virus that causes chickenpox (varicella).

Varicella-zoster immune globulin-A substance that can reduce the severity of chickenpox symptoms.

Chickenpox vaccine or varicella zoster vaccine (VZV) is an injection that protects children from contracting chickenpox (varicella), one of the most common childhood diseases.

Thus it prevents children from contracting chickenpox.

Prior to the introduction of VZV, approximately 4 million Americans contracted chickenpox each year, and 95 percent of children contracted the disease before the age of 18.

He then tested it on children and found that it was effective in preventing chickenpox.

Producing sufficient quantities of the vaccine to immunize all children against chickenpox has proven to be a major obstacle.

Vaccinated children who do contract chickenpox usually have milder symptoms.

The vaccine also prevents chickenpox in children exposed to the virus three to five days prior to vaccination.

By 2002, some 81 percent of American children had been vaccinated with VZV, and the CDC determined that the number of chickenpox cases had declined substantially.

The CDC expects that widespread childhood vaccination against chickenpox will further reduce the incidence of the virus in the general population.

This, in turn, will reduce the incidence of chickenpox among those who cannot receive VZV, including children who are most at risk for serious complications from the disease.

As of 2004 it was unclear whether VZV provided life-long immunity to chickenpox.

It is not clear whether breakthrough chickenpox infections are less contagious than infections in unvaccinated children.

Some physicians remain reluctant to vaccinate against a usually mild childhood disease such as chickenpox.

Some also are concerned that vaccinated children may contract chickenpox as adults when it can be a much more serious disease with a 20 percent higher risk of death.

Although children who have had chickenpox are immune to the disease and cannot contract it a second time, the varicella zoster virus can remain inactive in the human body.

Chickenpox is highly contagious and easily transmitted among children through personal contact, coughing, or sneezing.

Symptoms of chickenpox may not appear for as long as two to three weeks following infection.

In most instances chickenpox is not a serious disease, although the itchy lesions and fever and other mild flu-like symptoms may cause a week or two of discomfort.

In the United States more children die of chickenpox than of any other disease that can be prevented by a vaccine.

Prior to the introduction of VZV, there were about 100 deaths and 12,000 hospitalizations annually as a result of chickenpox infections.

Teenagers and adults, as well as children with leukemia or other cancers or with impaired immune systems, are at particular risk for severe chickenpox and its complications.

Babies whose mothers contracted chickenpox during pregnancy are at risk for multiple birth defects.

Babies whose mothers contract chickenpox shortly before or after giving birth are at risk of developing a severe form of the disease.

Most high-risk children and non-immune adults contract chickenpox from unvaccinated children.

Children with chickenpox miss an average of five to six days of school and their parents miss an average of three to four days of work while caring for them.

Children and adolescents who have not already had chickenpox can be vaccinated at any time.

Children at high risk for severe chickenpox or its complications, including newborns and premature infants exposed to chickenpox after birth, often are given varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG).

It must be administered within 96 hours of exposure to chickenpox, and it results in a passive immunity against the disease for about three months.

Medical conditions that preclude vaccination against chickenpox include active, untreated tuberculosis and any other moderate or serious illness.

However, chickenpox can cause serious complications in HIV-infected children with compromised immune systems.

This is far lower than the risks associated with chickenpox.

There is no evidence that healthy children who have had chickenpox or who received VZV previously are at a greater for adverse effects from an additional dose of Varivax.

Varicella (chickenpox vaccine)-Given by injection between the ages of 12-18 months or later for children who have not had chickenpox.

Children should not be vaccinated against measles or chickenpox (varicella) for four months after being treated with RIG.

It almost always follows a viral illness such as a cold, the flu, or chickenpox.

Antibodies to German measles (also called rubella) and chickenpox.

Acne scars, chickenpox and ear piercings can all result in keloids.

Bailey has kidney problems and after catching chickenpox had to be admitted to the ward so doctors could keep an eye on her.

Neonates Risks to the fetus and neonate from maternal chickenpox are related to the time of infection in the mother.

If chickenpox or shingles is suspected please send a swab for virus isolation.

Aspirin should never be given to children under the age of 16 who have chickenpox or influenza, because children who have received aspirin for these conditions seem to have a higher than expected frequency of developing Reye's syndrome.

Fevers are caused in most cases by viral or bacterial infections, such as otitis media (ear infection), upper respiratory infection, pharyngitis (throat infection), pneumonia, chickenpox, and urinary tract infection.

Before the varicella vaccine (Varivax) was released for use in 1995, nearly all of the 4 million children born each year in the United States contracted chickenpox, resulting in hospitalization in five of every 1,000 cases and 100 deaths.

Although evidence has not ruled out a booster shot later in life, all research addressing the vaccine's effectiveness throughout its six-year use indicates that chickenpox may be the first human herpes virus to be wiped out.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians all recommend that healthy children be vaccinated against chickenpox.

In the United States the Vaccines for Children program covers the cost of chickenpox vaccination for children without health insurance and for specific other groups of children, including Native Americans.

Since shingles is very common in HIV-infected children, the NIAID and NICHD also launched a clinical study to determine whether Varivax can prevent shingles in HIV-infected children who have had chickenpox.

Also, a parent should not give a child aspirin during a cold, because aspirin has been linked to the development of Reye's syndrome in children recovering from viral illnesses, especially influenza (flu) or chickenpox.

A substance known as varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG), which reduces the severity of chickenpox symptoms, is as of 2004 available to treat immunocompromised children and others at high risk of developing complications.