Essay On Chickenpox

Chickenpox is a viral infection disease causing a mild fever and inflamed blisters. It is a member of herpes virus family, what causes chickenpox which is highly contagious. It affects mostly young children. A person who have not previously had chickenpox and come into contact with a person with it will become infected. Chickenpox can be spread easily, droplets of this are expelled from the nose and mouth of the infected person through cough and sneezes are inhaled by those around them. The disease is usually not life threatening in healthy children, but can be to adults and newborns. A child who usually get chickenpox do not normally get it again, adults may get it again if they did not have it when they were children. However, people who have had chickenpox are left with the possibility of developing shingles in later life, as the result of the reactivation of shingles in later life, the virus, which has lain dormant in the nervous system.(Watkins 2011) Chickenpox occurs, mostly in the winter and early spring time. …show more content…
(Mayo clinic 2015) It usually can take weeks before the symptoms of chickenpox to begin to appear. When chickenpox appears there are three phases a person go through bumps, blisters, and scabs. Different stages of the chickenpox then new spots appear. The infection starts with low fever one to two days before the rash appears. The fever continues for three to four days, it may be higher on the third day. The rash begins as tiny red spots, usually starting on the head, neck, or back. Over the course of twelve to twenty-four hours the spots turn into small water filled blisters. Chickenpox produces distinctive signs and symptoms, notably a purity rash. (Hayman 1983) The signs and symptoms are heavy in the groin area, especially in girls. Chickenpox does not make children ill; it is just the itchiness of the