1. Chicken Pox Contains information about chicken pox what is it, how it is transmitted, how long it lasts and other details. http://www.mamashealth.com/chicken.asp

Mamashealth.com Home Infectious Stuff Anthrax Battle the Cold Bronchitis Chicken Pox ... Yellow Fever Links Email Mama What Is Chicken Pox? Chicken pox is a rash illness caused by a virus. Once a person is exposed to the virus, it takes between 2 and 3 weeks before the symptoms appear. Chicken pox usually occurs in childhood. Adults who contract chicken pox are usually more ill, especially with pneumonia. Chicken pox is very common and highly contagious. Approximately 3 million cases occur each year in the United States. More than 90% of Chicken pox cases occur in children less than 12 years of age. Symptoms? Symptoms vary from individual to individual. Some people may experience all of these symptoms while others experince one or two. The symptoms are: Mild fever , backache, headache, sore throat, a rash (red spots) and blisters filled with fluid. The fever varies between 101º F to 105º F and returns to normal when the blisters have disappeared. How is it Transmitted? Chicken pox is transmitted through the air. When a patient with chicken pox coughs or sneezes, they expel tiny droplets that carry the chicken pox virus (varicella-zoster virus, VZV). If a person who has never had chicken pox inhales these particles, the virus enters the lungs and is carried through the blood to the skin where it causes the typical rash of chicken pox. The infected droplets cause an initial infection in the respiratory epithelium. The incubation period (the time between exposure to the virus and appearance of symptoms) is between 10 and 20 days.

2. CHICKEN POX 1996 What is chicken pox? chicken pox is a highly contagious viral disease that is spread by direct Two weeks after exposure, chicken pox spots appear on the body. http://lib-sh.lsumc.edu/fammed/pted/chknpox.html

3. Chicken Pox/Shingles chicken pox is a common disease caused by the varicella zoster virus which is a member of the herpes virus family. are the symptoms? chicken pox most often begins with a slight http://www.indiana.edu/~health/chick.html

Indiana University Health Center 600 N Jordan Bloomington IN 47405 IUHC Home Page General Information Health Topics Pharmacy ... SEARCH Chicken Pox/Shingles What is chicken pox? Chicken pox is a common disease caused by the varicella zoster virus which is a member of the herpes virus family. It is very contagious and usually occurs during childhood. Adults can get the disease if they did not have it in childhood. What are the symptoms? Chicken pox most often begins with a slight fever, body aches and loss of appetite. Within 1-2 days, the rash appears usually starting on the chest or back. Initially the rash begins as red spots which then rapidly form blisters and spreads to the rest of the body. The blisters open and form a crust or scab within a few days. The rash can continue to break out for 4-5 days as older lesions crust and heal. Itching can accompany the rash along with fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat and general body aches. It is unusual to have chicken pox more than once. Is chicken pox contagious? Chicken pox is contagious through direct contact with the fluid in the blisters and by airborne droplets that are inhaled. Incubation period is 7-21 days. A person is contagious from 1-2 days before the rash appears and until all the lesions form crusts.

4. Varicella - Chicken Pox Varicella (chicken pox) chicken pox (Varicella) is a highly communicable viral disease that occurs most often during the winter and spring. Once you have had chicken pox, you are usually immune to it. http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/health-info/dis-cond/commdis/chickpox.html

Varicella (Chicken Pox) Chicken pox (Varicella) is a highly communicable viral disease that occurs most often during the winter and spring. Once you have had chicken pox, you are usually immune to it. However, if you have never had the disease, you can get it at any age. SYMPTOMS If you have chicken pox, you may have a slight fever and cold-like symptoms. However, you may not realize that you have the disease until you notice a red rash on your face, trunk, scalp, or in your mouth. Later, you may find lesions on your arms and legs. Your rash will go through three stages: initially, it will be a red spot, next a blister (vesicle), and finally a scab. You may have "old" spots that are healing and "new" spots that are just beginning to blister. Your rash will probably itch. In fact, it may begin to itch before you notice the rash. Scratching your lesions can lead to infection and the development of crater-like scars. After your lesions have healed, you may notice "red spots." These spots are not scars and will fade within a few weeks. HOW IS CHICKEN POX SPREAD?

5. Varicella / Chicken Pox - 1 of Dermatology University of Iowa College of Medicine. Varicella / chicken pox - Anterior Trunk http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/Varicel-01.htm

Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine Varicella / Chicken Pox - Anterior Trunk Find additional parent and patient information in the Iowa Health Handbook To see electron microscopy of the varicella-zoster virus click Here - by Dr. Taniguchi of Mie University, Japan. Return to Image Index page. Return to Image Index page. Return to Dermatology's Home page. September, 1995

6. EMedicine - Pediatrics, Chicken Pox Or Varicella : Article By Richard Lichenstei Pediatrics, chicken pox or Varicella Varicella, or chickenpox, is usually a benign, self-limited, primary infection that affects approximately 4 million children per year in the US. However, Children with chicken pox should avoid pregnant women, young infants, and others with immunodeficiencies or who http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic367.htm

(advertisement) Home Specialties CME PDA ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Emergency Medicine Pediatric Pediatrics, Chicken Pox or Varicella Last Updated: October 21, 2002 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Richard Lichenstein, MD , Director, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Richard Lichenstein, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: Ambulatory Pediatric Association , and American Academy of Pediatrics Editor(s): Kirsten Bechtel, MD , Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital; Robert Konop, PharmD , Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Section of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota; Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH , Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and University of Cincinnati;

7. AAP - The Chicken Pox Vaccine: What Parents Need To Know Brochure from the American Association of Pediatrics. http://www.aap.org/family/chckpox.htm

8. Chickenpox In Children - Keep Kids Healthy A discussion of the common signs and symptoms of chicken pox, treatments, and how to prevent children from getting this common childhood infection. http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/infectionsguide/chickenpox.html

Bookstore Site Map Contact Us Help ... What's New? Search this site: Advanced Search Main Menu Useful Tools Index of Topics Pediatric Problems New! Parenting Tips Symptom Guide Nutrition Immunizations ... Web Links Online Resources What's New Reviews New! Growth Charts Online Forums Vaccine Schedule Baby Names Guide ... Height Calculator Newsletters: Subscribe to get free news, tips and updates. Recommend Us tell a friend about us or email this page to a friend Advertisement Itch Relief Main Common Infections Chickenpox Related Articles Varivax Poison Ivy Exercise and Fitness Guide Body Mass Index Calculator Internet Links About Pediatrics Fifth Disease Eczema Chickenpox Books Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness that should become much less a part of childhood as more children are given the Varivax vaccine. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus and occurs most commonly in late winter or early spring . Unvaccinated children usually develop symptoms about ten to twenty-one days after being exposed to someone with chickenpox ( incubation period).

9. Acne Scars & Adult Acne Treatment Acne and scar treatment natural cream for acne, rosacea skin lesions, pimples, zits, scar tissues, even chicken pox scarring. Triggers skin regeneration, kills acne vulgaris, acts as antiinflammatory. http://abateacne.com/

Avoiding acne scars by treating acne breakouts. Acne scars can be avoided by treating teen or adult acne breakouts in their early stage, when inflammation has not yet destroyed the tissue surrounding pimples, and before holes (ice-pick or pitted scars), marks or bumps appear on your skin (raised, hyperthropic or even keloid scarring). Treatment of acne scars is most effective if skin regeneration is triggered and accelerated while scars are still in the process of healing and connective tissues have not yet replaced normal and softer collagen skin fibers. In other words if treatment or removal is pursued within a period of two years, for that much time it takes for your body to repair the damage inflicted with its own resources and a little help. Acne Treatment Scar Treatment Stretch Marks Treatment Old acne scars can be successfully reduced or removed with procedures that eliminate most of the hard tissues that forms to reconnect the broken dermis. But only if at the same time your body starts reproducing new healthy tissues to replace the damaged cells that are taken away. And if it does so quickly. The speed depends on your neurological system recognizing the appropriate triggers are in place. Effective results for acne scars can be achieved by applying the cream at least twice a day every day for two to four months if scars are new and for longer if they are old or very deep. Significant improvements will be noticed within 4 weeks. Ice-pick scars can be improved too.

10. CNN.com - Chicken Pox Vaccine Safe, Effective, Says U.S. Government - September CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/09/13/chickenpox.vaccine.ap/index.html

children Editions myCNN Video ... Feedback CNN Sites CNN CNN Europe CNNfn CNNSI myCNN CNNfyi AllPolitics Languages Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web HEALTH TOP STORIES New treatments hold out hope for breast cancer patients MORE TOP STORIES Thousands dead in India; quake toll rapidly rising Israelis, Palestinians make final push before Israeli election Davos protesters confront police MORE ... MORE MARKETS 4:30pm ET, 4/16 DJIA NAS SPORTS Jordan says farewell for the third time ... LOCAL EDITIONS: CNN.com Europe change default edition MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists Enter your address: DISCUSSION: chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: CNNfyi.com CNN.com Europe AsiaNow Spanish ... Korean Headlines TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: CNN anchors transcripts Turner distribution SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Chicken pox vaccine safe, effective, says U.S. government CHICAGO (AP) Three years of data on the chicken pox vaccine since it first became available show it is generally a safe and effective way to prevent a mostly annoying but potentially serious childhood disease, the U.S. government says. Of the 6,574 problems linked to the vaccine that were reported between March 1995 and July 25, 1998, most were minor complications, such as rashes or pain at the injection site, the Food and Drug Administration said.

11. CNN.com - Doctors Look At Chicken Pox Vaccine Effectiveness - Feb. 23, 2004 CNN http://cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/parenting/02/18/chickenpox.reut/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-mail Services CNNtoGO Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Doctors look at chicken pox vaccine effectiveness Story Tools HEALTH LIBRARY Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) Chicken pox vaccine loses a substantial amount of its effectiveness in the first year after it is administered but overall remains very protective up to eight years, a study said on Tuesday. The vaccine, which uses a live but weakened virus, was developed in 1974 and has been approved in the United States since 1995. It is recommended for healthy children at 12 to 18 months. Doctors at the Yale University School of Medicine said a look at 339 children found the effectiveness of the vaccine declines from 99 percent in the first year to 84 percent in years two through eight. The report, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, rated that level of protection as excellent.

12. Chicken Pox And Pregnancy a birth defect.chicken poxWhat is chicken pox?chicken pox, also called varicella, is a adults who have. chicken pox.Is chicken pox contagious?Yes, chicken pox is highly http://www.ctispregnancy.org/pdf/chickenpox.pdf

13. New Chicken Pox Vaccine 85 Percent Effective CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/03/28/chickenpox.vaccine.ap/index.html

14. CNN - Pediatricians Push For Mandatory Chicken Pox Vaccine - January 11, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/01/11/chicken.pox.vaccine/index.html

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15. Chickenpox (Varicella) Factsheet with signs and symptoms, prevetion, diagnosis, treatment, and complications. http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html

KidsHealth Parents Infections Chickenpox is a common disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which is part of the herpesvirus family. Although many people associate the word herpes with genital herpes, the herpesvirus family is made up of nearly 100 kinds of viruses, eight of which cause disease in humans. Examples of different herpesviruses are herpes simplex virus (which causes cold sores and genital herpes infections), Epstein-Barr virus (which causes infectious mononucleosis), and varicella-zoster virus (which causes chickenpox and shingles). Varicella-zoster virus spreads in the air through coughs or sneezes or through contact with fluid from inside the chickenpox blisters. Chickenp ox, which occurs most often in the late winter and early spring, is very contagious - if exposed to an infected family member, about 80% to 90% of those in a household who haven't had chickenpox will get it. However, immunization of children with the chickenpox vaccine that's now available is expected to decrease cases of the disease dramatically over the next few years. Although it's more common in kids under the age of 15, anyone can get chickenpox.

16. Rosemary Appleton's Report On Experiencing An Attack Of Shingles (the Chicken Po Rosemary Appleton's report on experiencing an attack of Shingles (the chicken pox herpes zoster virus). http://www.demonshand.com

Rosemary Appleton's report on experiencing an attack of Shingles (the chicken pox varicella herpes zoster virus). Have you ever been grabbed by a burning demon in your face? I have. It's called "Shingles". Shingles is a disease that strikes more then a half-million Americans every year. Since it took three days of blinding pain for someone in the medical profession to recognize what I had, I thought I better use my website skills to publish my information. There is a theory that the sooner you start taking antivirus medication like Acyclovir or Famvir you lessen your chances of having lasting pain from nerve damage, post herpetic neuralgia (PHN), which I have had now for a year and six months. No one knew what it was when I came down with this. September 10th, 2002: I went to my dentist for throbbing pain in my upper jaw and nose with blisters next to my nose. He said it was not my teeth - maybe a sinus infection. He gave me a prescription for 250 mg Ampicillin. I went to my primary physician, he said it looked a little like a virus but gave me a prescription for CIPRO 500 mg and a decongestant Deconamine. The Ampicillin, Cipro and decongestant did not do any good. By this time I have blisters that looked like someone burned me with a cigarette up the side of my nose and across the top of my right cheek. September 11th: Pain has increased by an order of magnitude. My primary physician told me to go to the emergency room. A friend takes me to Plantation General Hospital because I can't drive myself anymore. One of the physicians, Dr. Carol Lieverman takes one look at the pattern of the blisters and recognizes that it is shingles. Thank you Dr. Carol. Plantation General gives me prescriptions for Famvir 500 mg to treat the virus and Vicodin 500 mg for pain. Also, I am instructed to go to an Ophthalmologist because the shingles are around my eye. So I went to my ophthalmologist, Dr. Tobe Rubin, and get steroid eye drops and Bacitracin ophthalmic salve. She said the virus is not in my eye at this time. For a few nights I had some white stuff caked in my mouth. I brushed it out with peroxide and water.

17. Chicken Pox chicken pox, like measles, go on the rampage during the months from late winter to early spring. each year there are a few scattered cases of chicken pox. Every second or third year there is http://www.thecountrydoctor.com/chickenpox.htm

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18. Varicella / Chicken Pox - 2 Dept. of Dermatology University of Iowa College of Medicine. Varicella / chicken pox - Dew drop on a rose petal. . Find additional http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/Varicel-02.htm

Dept. of Dermatology - University of Iowa College of Medicine Varicella / Chicken Pox - "Dew drop on a rose petal." Find additional parent and patient information in the Iowa Health Handbook To see electron microscopy of the varicella-zoster virus click Here - by Dr. Taniguchi of Mie University, Japan. Return to Image Index page. Return to Image Index page. Return to Dermatology's Home page. September, 1995

19. The Chicken Pox Vaccine (0-12 Months) Home Baby Wellness The chicken pox vaccine Approved by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board. Take our poll Will your baby get the chicken pox vaccine? http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/1725.html

var ACM, oPopup, oDefPopup, offsetTop=10, offsetLeft=10; You seem to have disabled JavaScript. To take full advantage of our site and functionality, we recommend you enable Javascript. How? Preconception Pregnancy Baby ... Wellness The chicken pox vaccine Approved by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board By the BabyCenter editorial staff Should my baby get the chicken pox vaccine? When should my child get the varicella vaccine? Who definitely shouldn't get the varicella vaccine? What other precautions should I take before my child gets this shot? ... Related Links Should my baby get the chicken pox vaccine? Ultimately it's up to you, but the latest thinking is that it's a good idea. This shot may seem unnecessary to you because childhood chicken pox (also known as varicella) is usually a mild illness. And your pediatrician may even tell you that it's better for your child to get the virus rather than the vaccine because it assures permanent immunity. Some doctors believe the immunity from the vaccine can wear off, leaving your child vulnerable to getting the virus as an adult, when the illness is more likely to be serious. But this advice is out of date, says Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and author of

20. Chicken Pox In Your Baby: What You Need To Know Find out how to tell if your baby has chicken pox, whether it might be dangerous, and what you can do to ease symptoms. Could it be chicken pox? http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyills/11991.html

var ACM, oPopup, oDefPopup, offsetTop=10, offsetLeft=10; You seem to have disabled JavaScript. To take full advantage of our site and functionality, we recommend you enable Javascript. How? Preconception Pregnancy Baby ... A-to-Z index Chicken pox Approved by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board By the BabyCenter editorial staff My baby has a spotty, red rash all over her chest. Could it be chicken pox? Is chicken pox dangerous? Is there any way to prevent chicken pox? How can I treat my baby's chicken pox? ... Related Links My baby has a spotty, red rash all over her chest. Could it be chicken pox? It may be. Chicken pox typically shows up as an itchy rash that starts as small red bumps. These bumps quickly change into thin-walled water blisters on a pink base (they are often described as "dewdrops on a rose petal"). The blisters then develop into cloudy sores, which finally become dry brown crusts in about four days. New waves of rashes often spring up during the process. Your baby will likely be tired and slightly feverish. Chicken pox is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which passes from person to person with remarkable ease. People with the illness can pass it on by touching someone else or by releasing it into the air whenever they sneeze, cough, or even breathe. Since most babies acquire antibodies against the virus from their mother while in the womb, it's unusual for an infant to come down with this illness during the first year. Those who do tend to have only a mild case.

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