Chickenpox
Chickenpox or Varicella is more common among kids under 18. Today most people give their kids the Varicella vaccine between 12 and 15 months old and another shot at 4 to 6 years old. The disease is less likely to get if vaccinated. Chickenpox is contagious if contracted. If a person does get the disease then they should stay at home and rest until the rash is gone. Chickenpox has always been spread by saliva, mucus, touching blisters, coughing or sneezing. One book says Giovanni Filippo gave the first description of the virus. In the 1600’s a physician named Richard Morton described something he thought was chickenpox but was actually smallpox. In 1767 a physician named William Heberden from England showed that chickenpox is different
Children are most vulnerable to infections in their first few years. It’s important to be aware of the signs to look for in order to help prevent the infection from spreading further, and potentially becoming serious. Children who have infections such as chickenpox or whooping cough should be kept away from childhood settings until the infection is almost/all gone to prevent
| It's a very contagious infection.The chickenpox virus is spread in the same ways as colds as flu.
The reason for making this law in the United States is because of the serious outbreaks that still happen in schools. When this happens, some students are not able to go to school and are not getting the important education they need. An elementary school in Denver, Colorado had a chickenpox outbreak, just recently, that came from children who were not vaccinated being at school. The school allowed the children not to be vaccinated because the parents of the children didn’t want them to be. The school said there was two unvaccinated children in the school that were experiencing symptoms of chickenpox. (Kovaleski, 2016). Because of this, the school, along with some health officials told the parents of the unvaccinated children, who are also at the school, that their children should not go to school so they did not get exposed to the chickenpox. The children that were vaccinated were able to stay in school. The parents chose not to get their children vaccinated because of religious reasons. So because of this, these unvaccinated children were not at school for about twenty-one days. The chickenpox vaccine, varicella, is 99% effective at preventing the chickenpox infection in children (Kovaleski,2016). The parents of these children knew this but chose to ignore it. With the vaccination requirement law put in place, chickenpox outbreaks would not be an issue because the children that were not vaccinated would not be going to school. The fact is, if a child is not vaccinated they
Starting from the beginning; Varicella or chicken pox is an infectious disease that can be characterized by an itchy skin rash. The rash usually appears a few days after exposure and can spread throughout the entire body accompanied with fever, fatigue, and flu like symptoms. Each rash blister will dry out and form a scab which then falls off in the course of healing. Getting chicken pox more than
Varicella is highly contagious. The virus spreads in the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes; there are droplets with the virus in the air. The incubation period for varicella is 14 to 16 days after exposure to a varicella rash, with a range of 10 to 21 days (“Clinical Overview”). Chickenpox displays several symptoms, but they can vary from person to person.
In today’s society we use many vaccines that help prevent many different diseases. Some of these are live, attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, subunit vaccines, toxoid vaccines, conjugate vaccines, DNA vaccines, recombinant vector vaccines. There are also multiple benefits of children getting there vaccinations early. There are also some downsides to vaccinations which will looked at directly as well. The importance of these vaccines are a great help and ultimately outweigh the shortcomings to this.
with pus. On day twelve the blisters start to get hard and crust over and stomach pain starts and confusion starts to occur. On the third or forth week the blisters start to fall of and leave big nasty scars all over. If not treated the long term affects of the virus include blindness and deformed hands and feet. It kills 3 out of every 10 people it infects. After you get vaccinated on the third or forth day after vaccination a red itchy bump will start to appear it is called the vaccination cite. The bump becomes a blister and will then begin to fill with pus then will later drain. A health care worker should check to see
The earliest case of smallpox according to a journal published in the US National Library of Medicine titled, “Edward Jenner and the History of Smallpox and Vaccination” was recorded as early as 1122 BC. (Riedel “Smallpox the Origin of a Disease”). Mankind’s triumph over this horrible disease was initiated by an English doctor named Edward Jenner. Through observations and experimentation, Jenner would create a procedure now known as vaccination. (Riedel “Edward Jenner”). During the next two centuries, vaccinations would be used worldwide to stop the spread of small pox. After the successful worldwide vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization, small pox was eradicated worldwide in 1980. As a result of the eradication of smallpox according
In the elderly (P), does the flu vaccine (I) compared to no vaccine (C) reduce the incidence of the flu (O) during flu season(T)?
Chicken Pox is a virus caused by varicella-zoster, a member of the herpes family. This same virus also is a cause of herpes zoster other known as shingles in adults. Chicken pox is very contagious and can easily spread to people. Chicken pox is acquired by coming into contact with the fluid of a chicken pox blister, or airborne by an infected person sneezing near you. The blister-like rash usually lasts five to ten days. The incubation period lasts 10-21 days and a person with chickenpox becomes contagious one to two days before their blisters appear. The person with chicken pox remains contagious until all the blisters have crusted
The difference is that it affects more than yourself. For example if had cancer and you chose not to fight it, that only affecting your health and livelihood. If you choose not to get vaccinated then you are affecting all those around you. When an outbreak happens the ones that are not vaccinated will be spreading the diseases wherever they go, potentially killing people unknowably in the process. As a parent I am all about freedom of choice ( to some extent) but when you’re dealing with lives then just your family then rules and regulations needs to be made and followed. The biggest problem I have with the parents that chose not to vaccine is the lack of evidence they are presenting for why they don’t vaccine. Every piece of evidence anti
Before vaccines were introduced, varicella was endemic in the United States, and virtually all persons acquired varicella at some point before adulthood (cdc.gov, 2006). It is reported that 4 million cases of chickenpox were recorded in the U.S. each year before the vaccine was introduced. Although some states reported cases of varicella to the CDC, it was eliminated from the list of nationally notifiable conditions in 1981. Children under 10 years of age make up between 75 – 90 % of chickenpox cases. In 1995, due to the availability of the vaccine in the U.S., hospitalizations due to chickenpox has declined by nearly 90% (Hambleton, & Gershon, 2005).
Chickenpox is a viral infection caused by the Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) transmitted via the respiratory route that causes itchy, blisters-like rashes usually lasting about 5-10 days. It is highly contagious transmitted by person to person contact (direct) from respiratory secretions or indirectly through contact with airborne respiratory droplets, via soiled inanimate objects infected by discharge from skin lesions, vesicle discharges or nasopharyngeal secretions. The incubation period lasts about 10-21 days and the disease is communicable 1-2 days
Chickenpox can best be prevented by given the dose of varicella vaccine to children, adolescents, adults and the herpes zoster vaccine for people age 60 and above (Maurer & Smith 2013). Generally, people who get the vaccine will not get chickenpox, however, if the vaccinated person get chickenpox, the symptoms is usually mild fever or no fever, fewer red spots or blisters.
Chickenpox is a contagious disease that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (or coming in