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Chicken pox - Easy and quick reference



         Chicken pox, also referred to as Varicella, is an extremely contagious disease

that is caused by infection of the virus, Varicella zoster.

It results in small painful blisters across the body. It is an airborne disease,

which spreads through a cough and sneeze of a contaminated person.

causes

This is a highly contagious disease and spreads rapidly.

The disease is transmitted by direct contact with someone who has been affected

by the disease or by breathing in the virus particles.



Symptoms

Chickenpox appears 10 to 21 days after introduction to the virus and usually lasts for 5 to 10 days.

A rash is the prime manifestation of the disease. Once the chickenpox rash appears,

it goes through two phases, small fluid-filled blisters (vesicles),

and crusts and scabs, which cover the broken blisters.

Other symptoms that surface 1 to 2 days before the rash include:



Fever.

Tiredness.

A general feeling of being unwell.

Headache.

Raised pink or red bumps.

Malaise.

Prevention

To prevent the occurrence of the disease, one should get the chickenpox vaccine.

The vaccine is very effective at preventing chickenpox.

Most people who get a dose of the vaccine do not get affected by the disease,

and even if they do, the symptoms are much milder in intensity.