Chickenpox

What is Herpes? Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a viral infection that is caused by multiple herpes viruses. They can produce cold sores, genital inflammation or even conjunctivitis. There are two types of herpes simplex viruses, HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 is also known as oral herpes. It can cause cold sores and fever blisters around your mouth and/or on your face. HSV-1 is less contagious than . While as HSV-2 generally is responsible for genital herpes outbreaks. What is Zosters?…

Chickenpox is a contagious infection that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Everybody can be infected by the varicella-zoster virus but it effects younger children’s more. Chickenpox can last up to 15 days Symptoms: A itchy rash that causes blisters with fluid, and once the blister erupts it causes to develop a crust. Also fever, feeling tired, headache, and anorexia is common. Treatment: The body has to fight the virus on its own. For the symptoms special creams to prevent from itching,…

the nerves of the skin, and this is also the same virus responsible for causing chickenpox. Although there is no cure for shingles, there are treatments to manage the pain. In most cases the person recovers with treatment, but the reinfection of shingles can last a few months or become a long term chronic condition. The good news, shingles is not contagious to another person who may have already experienced chickenpox. It can be contagious…

Differences Between Chickenpox and Shingles Chickenpox, also known as varicella and Shingles both are a viral infectious diseases that causes itchy rash and blisters or red spots. The rash of Shingles usually appears on the right or left part of the face or the body in a single line, while Chickenpox occurs in the whole body. Chickenpox is often found in children, while Shingles also known as zoster, is more common among adults. Individuals who have had chickenpox often will not…

the diseases caused by the Varicella Zoster virus is a highly contagious disease known as chickenpox. Chickenpox is common in children and is easily spread from one person to another (Chowdhury, Siddique, Haque, Ali, Biswas, S., Biswas, P. K., & Ahasan, 2014). Some usual symptoms of chickenpox that may show up 1-2 days prior to the rash include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, and headache. The chickenpox virus can cause serious complications in some people which may require hospitalization…

The Shingles, or Herpes zoster, is a reactivation of the Varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox in children. Shingles appear on the body as red, hive-like clusters that usually cause very intense pain and an overall feeling of being unwell. Flu-like symptoms (minus the fever), itching, tingling, and extreme pain at the site of the rash, are the most common signs of the virus. Shingles are sometimes called herpes zoster. This is very different to genital herpes,…

Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is identified as painful skin rash that usually appears in a band, a strip, or a small area on one side of the face or body. Although shingles can technically occur anywhere on the body, it will most often appear as a single band of blisters that wraps around on one side of the torso. Shingles is most prevalent in older individuals and those who have weak immune systems often due to stress, injury, and other medicines. According to the Center for Disease Control and…

inside every person who had chickenpox at an earlier age. It can flair up at any moment, usually the more likely the older one gets. Shingles can flair up for a number of reasons such as stress and a weak immune system. Shingles and smallpox were thought to be the same thing until William Heberden discovered a way to distinguish the two. In 1942, shingles was discovered to be more prominent in older adults. Later a study showed that of the people who had chickenpox as a child, 50%…

triggers another disease. For instance, chickenpox incubates the first stage of shingles many years later. Generally, shingles spans several decades, from childhood itchy chickenpox to debilitating complication known as post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN). The path that shingles takes consists of three phases which are prodromal phase that precedes the acute phase by days, and finally the chronic phase. Physicians demonstrated that if a person ever had chickenpox,…

Shingles in Children and Teens (Shingles in children) Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and after an infection has passed, the virus remains in the body in a dormant state in the nerve root endings in the body. The virus, however, can be reactivated by a number of triggers and causes shingles. While the occurrence of shingles is typical in older adults, long after they were initially infected, in rare instances children can develop shingles. Shingles in children and teen can…