About Chickenpox
Chickenpox is a virus that can only be found in children. Shingles is a type of chickenpox that can only be found in adults. Shingles is the same virus as chickenpox. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus. In the 1990’s about 4 million people caught the chickenpox virus. About a 150 die each year from chickenpox. There are more than 3.5 million cases of chickenpox each year. Each year there are about 9,000 people put in the hospital from chickenpox. Each year about 100 people die. (www.cdc.gov/Chickenpox)
Chart About How Many People Had Chickenpox From 1989-2001 This chart shows the number of people that had the chickenpox from the year 1989 – 2001. This chart shows that the number of people with chickenpox
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Today chickenpox can be vaccinated. If someone has chickenpox they are very contagious to people that have never had chickenpox. Most of the time adults get shingles. Shingles is just as contagious as chickenpox because they are the same things. Children get chickenpox and adults get shingles.
Symptoms
When having the chickenpox you can have a fever of 101 or 102. You can get a headache and sore throat. Sometimes people lose their appetite. You will be really tired all the time. You may have difficulty walking, seem confused, and have trouble looking. Some people get a stiff neck. Sometimes you may feel like vomiting. (Mayo Clinic Staff)
3 Phases of Chickenpox There are three phases of chickenpox. The first phase is when you get pink or red bumps all over your body. Most of the time the bump starts at the abdomen, back, or face and then spreads. This phase usually takes 1 or 2 days for the bumps to go through their stage. New red spots appear every 5 to 7 days. The second phase is when the bumps form blisters. The third stage is when it forms crust and scabs. It usually takes about 10 days for the blisters to crust over. Most people get about 250 to 500 bumps from the virus. (www.cdc.gov)
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