Chickenpox (or chicken pox ) is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It usually starts with vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than at the periphery and becomes itchy, raw pockmarks , which mostly heal without scarring. On examination, the observer typically finds lesions at various stages of healing. Chickenpox is an airborne disease spread easily through coughing or sneezing of ill individuals or through direct contact with secretions from the rash. A person with chickenpox is infectious one to two days before the rash appears. They remain contagious until all lesions have crusted over (this takes approximately six days). Immunocompromised patients are contagious during the entire period as new lesions keep appearing. Crusted lesions are not contagious. Chickenpox has been observed in other primates , including chimpanzees and gorillas .
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My 5 month old daughter had a BG vaccination about 6 weeks ago. Over the last few days it has got dark red and swollen and a small white scab on it. Today after her bath she knocked the top off it and it...
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Please could you explain why I have gained so much weight. I have been taking eltroxin for 20 years after suffering chickenpox as an adult. I have been on 1.5 mg and my doctor has cut it down to just...
I recently - well 4 months ago had shingles in my left eye. My eye has been swollen and painful for a long time - and this morning I woke up with my eye blood red - a conjuctival haemorrhage. Is there a link between the two and is there anything I...
i am 23 years old. i have dry skin and i rarely have acne, i may get a few pimples on my face when it gets close to that time of the month but that is all. 5 days ago the right side of my neck started itching while i was at school and i felt a...
hey! for a couple of days my right side of my labium has been kinda painful but nothing major last night after sex it swelled n it is still swollen its been awhile since i've had sex n i check down there every so often and i feel no bumps or...
My 16 yr old daughter, has good pers hygiene, athletic, has a hx of facial acne, chicken pox, and sometimes swims in the waters of the Chesepeake bay. In the beginning of summer began to have, and still continues to have, small pimple like...
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three days ago i woke up having an overall feeling of 'unwellness'. i had body pains all day long and in the night i got some fever. symptoms were relieved...
About 4-5 days ago, I noticed a small itchy bump on my lower back right in the middle. Two days later, the bump had turned into a rash (about 1x1 inches). Yesterday, I noticed my left thigh was covered with about 8 similar patches of rash. The...
My neighbors 3 and 5 year old children developed small warts in the genital area (1 male and 1 female), buttocks and feet/ankles. Their pediatrician said that they are a chicken pox viral wart and are contagious. The kids have had their...
Hi my name is XXXXXXX I am 25 years old.I am light skinned black and, weight 160 lbs.I had chicken pox when i was 13 years old. It left me with dark spots all over my body and, specially my face.It also left me with discoloration and,...
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User : hi sir.. i eat nicely and also excersise daily.. still i dont have weight
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User : my friend's son who is 3yrs old and my son 1 yr old were playing together immediately after the elder one got his h1n1 vaccination...
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User : Hello, I have developed with symptom of ChickenPox, My wife is 7 weeks pregnant...
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User : I have seem the symptom just this morning, what I should do to prevent her from disease?
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User : I had chickenpox around 2 months back in xxxx
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User : i am facing heat boils through out my body
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i am 39yrs old, 1.52, 85 . had 3kids bw the ages 22 to 29 without problem; at the age of 33 had a 4mths pregnancy that never developed. for the past two yrs i have been having permenant infections (clamdia etc) febuary this year i had a surgery for an infection at the mouth of the uterus; Since 33, i have not been able to become pregnant , want...
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I was suffering from chicken pox a month ago, and the pimples on my face get infected and a yellow pus like material filled inside those bubbles my doctor suggested me to use calamine lotion and neosprine, now after one month the spots can be seen all over my face and now i was suggested to use deriva aqueous solution. is it possible that those...
My children age 4 and 9 got chicken pox 10 days ago. I too (age 39) got it. We are now just waiting for the scabs to drop off and plan to be back in circulation (school) in 3 days. Are there any dietary restrictions at this stage. SO far we have maintained a light, vegetarian diet but being non-veg , we are missing eating our regular eggs and...
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i am 39yrs old, 1.52, 85 . had 3kids bw the ages 22 to 29 without problem; at the age of 33 had a 4mths pregnancy that never developed. for the past two yrs i have been having permenant infections (clamdia etc) febuary this year i had a surgery for an infection at the mouth of the uterus; Since 33, i have not been able to become pregnant , want...
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Can loud music at a concert, such as The Rock & Worship Roadshow, in Fresno, Ca. hurt a newborn babies ears?
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hi, i am 6yrs old and i m having hardly 150 count of chickenpox can i eat egg?
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Hi , I have got chicken pox just a week ago, I want some home remedies 2 remove the scars on my face . I have been using red sandalwood for past 3days but no changes please suggest some remedies.
Hi, I have several raided red pimple like bumps surrounded by a pale pink ring around them, very itchy, I had one 2 weeks ago, then it went away then 2 more came indifferent areas, both my animals are flea protected and my condo is kept extremly clean. I investigated all matresses and there is no sign of bed bugs, vaccuumed and put baking sodium...
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Hello Doctor , I just have this fear about my labia minora . I am currently having my chicken pox right now, and I discovered a rough pepper sized bump on my left labia. it has been itchy for 3 days already, but I have just discoverd it now. I am 21 yrs old, by the way.
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dear doctors i had just gone through a bout of chicken pox and now black spots are left on my forehead and face . Please let me know as to what should i do or apply to get these removed. An advance thanks for your help. Age 37, male my id is YYYY@YYYY
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