Little Tommy has come to the family practice with a runny nose, frequent blowing, large nasal blisters, nasal lesions, and nasal scabs that have a dried crusts. These lesions are continuing to drain. The lesions are now on his forearm. When conducting the physical examination, the examiner found purulent rhinorrhea that are 0.5 to 1 cm in size in the areas of the nose, mouth, and radial side of the forearm. The likely name of this childhood disease is varicella zoster virus (VZV), commonly known as chicken pox. According to Lowth (2013), the lesions are a means of spreading the disease to others as well as other bodily parts. Spreading can occur by touching the blisters of an infected child. Additionally, transmission can occurs by saliva,
