Question 1

what does the chicken pox look like . picture please?

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See below: Chickepox rash always start on the trunk first then spread to arms and legs.  3-4 different shapes of rash present at same time, e.g., red spot, blister, red raised bump, and crust.

Question 2

i'm helping sick children with flu and chicken pox. what should i do?

Accepted Answer

Watchful waiting: The flu can cause pneumonia so the child should be monitored and if respiratory distress occurs they should be taken to a clinic.  Chicken pox can cause skin infectiosn so paifule red sores indicate that is occurring  they may also develp pneumonia so agsain if respiratory distress occurs they need to go to a clinic.

Question 3

can children still catch chicken pox after they have been vaccinated?

Accepted Answer

Chicken pox: Yes this is possible as the vaccine does not have a 100% success rate.

Question 4

i'm wondering why are adults more likely to get pneumonia from chicken pox (varicella pneumonia) than children are?

Accepted Answer

Because.: Many illnesses that are mild when they occur in childhood are more more severe when contracted as an adult. It may be that the immune response is over-reactive in the adult organism & that this hyper-response is at least partially responsible for the severity of symptoms in adults. Mononucleosus is typically worse when occurring in adults and adolescent. In younger children its just like a cold.

Question 5

how is chicken pox different in adults than children?

Accepted Answer

Worse: Usually adults would ill seriously.
Another type of "chicken pox" in adults is called shingles(herpes zoster).

Question 6

when a children have chicken pox, how long do they feel sickly for?

Accepted Answer

4-7 days: We don't see chicken pox very often anymore due to the vaccine. The illness can last a long time 5-7 days and sometimes more. He is considered not conagious when the last pox scabs over.

Question 7

what are the adult symptoms of chicken pox that children might not get?

Accepted Answer

Varicella: The major complications from chicken pox in adults are : bacterial skin infection, nerve irritation, pneumonia and hepatitis. Although these can occur in children, adults who get chickenpox have even higher rates of complications.

Question 8

what kind of likelihood is there of my other children getting chicken pox?

Accepted Answer

Depends: If they are unvaccinated the transfer rate within families is almost 100%. If vaccinated there remains some risk of atypical or wild chickenpox in children who have not completed the 2 dose series and rarely some who have.Incubation runs 10-21 days from known exposure.

Question 9

can children get chicken pox from shingles?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Chicken pox and shingles are due to the same virus (the zoster virus). If a child has no good immunity to the zoster virus (never caught chicken pox, is immunosuppressed, never got the vaccine, or got the vaccine but did not make enough antibodies) then he can get a case of chicken pox from the virus in the open skin lesions of the shingles patient.

Question 10

does chicken pox in young children always cause shingles later as an adult?

Accepted Answer

See below : Shingles is the reappearance of the chicken pox virus in adulthood after a period of stress or immunocompromise.  You must have had chickenpox earlier in life to develop shingles.

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