What is chickenpox?
It’s a virus where itchy red blisters appear in your whole body, it usually comes when you’re young. It’s safer if you’re infected when you’re younger than old.
What are the symptoms of chickenpox?
The non-rash symptoms may last a few days and include:
1. fever
2. headache
3. loss of appetite
One or two days after you experience these symptoms, the classic rash will begin to develop. The rash goes through three phases before you recover. These include:
1. You develop red or pink bumps all over your body.
2. The bumps become blisters filled with fluid that leaks.
3. The bumps become crusty, scab over, and begin to heal.
The bumps on your body will not all be in the same phase at the same time. New bumps will continuously
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Your child should get the shot when they are between 12 and 15 months of age. Children get a booster between 4 and 6 years of age. Older children and adults who haven’t been vaccinated or exposed may receive catch-up doses of the vaccine. As chickenpox tends to be more severe in older adults, people who haven’t been vaccinated may opt to get the shots later. People unable to receive the vaccine can try to avoid the virus by limiting contact with infected people. But this can be difficult. Chickenpox can’t be identified by its blisters until it has already been spreadable to others for …show more content…
People usually return to normal activities within one to two weeks of diagnosis. Once chickenpox heals, most people become immune to the virus. It won’t be reactivated because VZV typically stays dormant in the body of a healthy person. In rare cases, it may re-emerge to cause another episode of chickenpox. It is more common for shingles, a separate disorder also triggered by VZV, to occur later during adulthood. If a person’s immune system is temporarily weakened, VZV may reactivate in the form of shingles. This usually occurs due to advanced age or having a debilitating