Signs and Symptoms of Chickenpox (Varicella Infection)

The causes of chickenpox ( Varicella, chicken pox or chicken-pox) is varicella-zoster virus,  a member of herpesvirus family. Varicella-zoster virus also cause herpes zoster (shingles) in adults. For the disease that is caused by virus, vaccination is always the best prevention. Vaccination is able to protect people from dangerous disease that can even kill you. Vaccine contains the weak or dead disease germs that will boost human body’s defence system (immune system). With these germs in the body, human’s immune system will build the antibodies to fight against, trap and kill this type of virus. After the vaccination, there are always the antibodies of that disease in the body, ready to fight off when the body catches this type of virus. A person that was injected with vaccine will be protected from any infection of the disease.

Chickenpox in children

Normally, human body will build the antibodies when it get the disease but it does not always work very well, a person may suffer the disease then become disabled or dead. The second way in which antibodies are built is much safer. It is the vaccination, a person will not suffer the disease and face to risk of being sick, ill or dead because of the disease.

Normally, the immune system will know how to fight off the virus, germs during the lifetime but sometimes, a booster shot to remind is necessary.

Causes of chickenpox

Chickenpox vaccine is now a must for children health. In fact, the kid under one year old that has chickenpox vaccine or his mother developed chickenpox before will rarely suffer this disease, there are some cases but they are all mild. On the contrary, children under one year old who does not has chickenpox vaccine or his mother with this disease before will face the risk of getting severe chickenpox.

Signs and symptoms of chickenpox

Diagnosing the symptoms of chickenpox soon will help to give the best treatment and reduce the bad result on human health. The signs and symptoms of chickenpox are rather easy to realize. The earliest signs may not very clear: fever (it may reach to 105F), headache, loss of appetite. These soon symptoms do not last long. Then the red bumps, red spot will appear, first on the face, scalp, abdomen, trunk and on spread to the rest of human later. The red spot will be filled with a yellowish fluid and become blisters. When these blister broken, the fluid goes out and spread the virus. The broken blister is called ulcer with the crust on it. Finally, the ulcers dry and is healed.

Prevention of chickenpox

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