Chickenpox

On Wednesday, October 25, the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, decided to produce a new vaccine for shingles, a disease that occurs frequently in seniors. The CDC is a primer public health institute based in Atlanta. This new vaccine called Shingrix, was approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) a few days before the CDC decision was made. Shingrix was given recommendation over the only Shingles vaccine on the market over a decade, Zotavax. Insurance companies have…

in most cases. The chicken pox vaccine was licensed to be used in the United States in the year 1995 in which it has been widely used since then. “Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus in which some of the symptoms include rashes (that later become itchy), fluid filled blisters that spreads all over the body. “ (Vaccines.gov, 2015) Chickenpox is very contagious and spreads easily spreading to people, having being able to spread through coughing or sneezing. This virus is usually…

get it? Shingles is a painful condition characterized by a skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - the varicella zoster. It is also known as Herpes Zoster. Your first exposure of this virus usually as a child leads to the disease popular to all of us, chickenpox. It causes itchy and painful sores spread all over the body. After one acquires and recovers from chickenpox, the virus stays in the body and remains dormant there for years. For many people it can stay dormant…

Shingles is an acute inflammatory condition of the dorsal root ganglia, which causes the nerve cells on a spinal nerve to become inflamed (Nazarko, 2013). People develop chickenpox when they first exposure to herpes virus in childhood. When they recover from chickenpox, the virus remains in the spinal nerves in a dormant form. People with healthy immune systems keep the virus dormant with no symptoms of shingles. When people are in immune depressive status or when people are aging, they have…

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…

Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Shingles (herpes zoster) is triggered by the Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV), also called Human Herpesvirus 3 (HHV3), which is also causes chickenpox (varicella) ("Re: Who Discovered the Shingles?"). Over one hundred years, there have been incidents of shingles for different people. The earliest cases of shingles are over two hundred and fifty years old. The rash itself was sometimes confused with smallpox/chickenpox, so it’s a…

Chickenpox. When you think of the word chickenpox you probably think about the time when you were younger and very itchy all over your body unless, you were one of the lucky few ones that didn’t catch the decease. As experience, I know having the chickenpox was not the greatest childhood memory for myself and I am sure for many others as well. Chickenpox is a highly common illness, which mostly affects children. The varicella zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family, is what causes…

Report (2012) states, “Varicella is an acute infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV)”. Varicella commonly called Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease known as an uncomfortable, itchy rash. The rash is usually found on the face, chest, and back and then spreads to the rest of the body. The rash turns into blisters, and eventually into scabs. Chickenpox is caused by a virus called varicella-zoster virus. Distribution of the disease is multiplied by coughing or sneezing;…

Shingles 1 JoAnne O’Brien-Wallace Shingles Everest University Mod G: Nervous System, Law and Ethics, Psychology, and Therapeutic Procedures Mr. Todd 3/14/2017 Shingles 2 Shingles is an acute infection which is caused by the reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus, which mainly affects adults. The cause of the reactivation is unknown, but it is linked to stress, aging, and or immune impairment. Shingles are characterized by the development of painful vesicular skin eruptions that…

“Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), chickenpox used to be a common illness among kids under the age of 12 (The Nemours Foundation, 2014).” An itchy rash of macules, papules, vesicles, pustules, and scabs appears with chickenpox, all stages are present on the body at the same time. “The incubation period is the time between the invasion by the pathogen and the onset of clinical manifestations, the incubation period for chickenpox is 2-3 weeks (Leifer, 2011).” An infected…