who / what can get chickenpox?
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts. Chickenpox is caused by a virus.\n\nThe virus that causes chickenpox is varicella-zoster, a member of the herpesvirus family. The same virus also causes herpes zoster (shingles) in adults.\n\nCauses, incidence, and risk factors    Return to top \n\nIn a typical scenario, a young child is covered in pox and out of school for a week. The first half of the week the child feels miserable from intense itching; the second half from boredom. Since the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine, classic chickenpox is much less common.\n\nChickenpox is extremely contagious, and can be spread by direct contact, droplet transmission, and airborne transmission. Even those with mild illness after the vaccine may be contagious.\n\nWhen someone becomes infected, the pox usually appear 10 to 21 days later. People become contagious 1 to 2 days before breaking out with pox. They remain contagious while uncrusted blisters are present.\n\nOnce you catch chickenpox, the virus usually remains in your body for your lifetime, kept in check by the immune system. About 1 in 10 adults will experience shingles when the virus re-emerges during a period of stress.\n\nMost cases of chickenpox occur in children younger than ten. The disease is usually mild, although serious complications sometimes occur. Adults and older children usually get sicker than younger children do.\n\nChildren under one year of age whose mothers have had chickenpox are not very likely to catch it. If they do, they often have mild cases because they retain partial immunity from their mothers' blood. Children under one year of age whose mothers have not had chickenpox, or whose inborn immunity has already waned, can get severe chickenpox.\n\nThe pox are worse in children who have other skin problems, such as eczema or a recent sunburn.\n\nComplications are more common in those who are immunocompromised from an illness or medicines like chemotherapy. Some of the worst cases of chickenpox have been seen in children who have taken steroids (for example, for asthma) during the incubation period, before they have any symptoms
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Normally after the first time you have them your immune system has built up a ressistance to the chicken pox virus.  However there have been cases of people catching the chicken pox more than once.
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You can get anything...including some really great viruses. Be careful!
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Yeah you can still get chicken pox but a less severe form.
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YES.  diseases are becoming bigger and badder as we get older.  even if you were imunized as a child, a different strand could be out there and you could get it.  sad but true.  same with chicken pox.
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your body becomes covered in pox, smaller than chickenpox, but in larger numbers and close together, these start in the throat and lungs and spread to the arms then the rest of the body.  very painful and irritating.
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It doesn't lead to anything, but it's connected with a number of other diseases, most notably shingles. Chicken pox is also known as the third herpes virus. Below I listed a wiki page explaining more about chicken pox. Hope that helps.
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Did you get chikcen pox? I mean, I don't know how old you are...
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Shingles is not infectious in the same way as chickenpox, where the virus can be passed on in coughs and sneezes. However, shingles is contagious. This means it can be passed on by direct contact. Fluid from shingles blisters can cause chickenpox in people who are not already immune. People with shingles should avoid those with a lowered immunity. \n\nthere are some herbs that can help with the problem. contact me fo more information about them.
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Chickenpox, which can also lead to shingles. (Why your MD was recommending rest.)
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You can find out all you want here:\n\n\n\nhttp://www.orlandoskindoc.com/varicella%20zoster.htm
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I had chicken pox(yes, confirmed by Doc, not shingles) when I was 23. It started out with feeling unwell then turned into pleurisy(inflammation of the lining of the lungs)and I whistled like a tea kettle and could not inhale deeply without doubling over.The next day the spots appeared. My sons were 1 and 4 at the time and I gave it to them. It lasted for weeks and I had to go to the doctors every other day so he could make sure I did not get pneumonia. I had them on my palms, my soles of my feet, even my gums!(couldn't brush because they'd pop and spread.) I laid on the couch sick as a dog for 2 weeks until the baby got them too.He was relentless because every time I would lay down he would come pick my spots.I have 3 scars on my face from him. We laugh about this now that he's 11 but it wasn't fun at the time.
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Not the same thing at all.in german the measles are ccalled"Masern" and the kids get shots for it. The chickenpox are "Windpocken" and the kids are usually not vaccinated against it.
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Once you have chickenpox, you are considered immune; you will not have a serious infection again, but you may have a mild infection (called a breakthrough infection). Generally, if the virus becomes active again, it will not result in chickenpox but can cause shingles, or herpes zoster.
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Well, I've never gotten pox and I'm 12 so...I don't know umm...try hard not to scratch, maybe take a shower so you won't feel really itchy? Personally, what I would do if I ever /had/ the chicken pox is tie my hands behind my back.(I'm serious, I would.)
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Yes, chicken pox is still around. And yes, there is a vaccination for the chicken pox, but you can still get the chicken pox even after you had the vaccination. It usually comes in a less invasive form...not so many and less ill. Chicken pox is VERY contagious. If a child gets the chicken pox, then they feel bad, but generally get over it rather quickly..7-10 days. If an adult acquires the chicken pox, they can become very ill and can have serious complications.
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Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the virus (varicella-zoster virus) that causes chickenpox. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus lies dormant (inactive) in your nerve roots. In some people, it stays dormant for the rest of their lives. In others, the virus reactivates when disease, stress, or aging weakens the immune system.1 The cause of reactivation of the virus is unclear; however, once it does reactivate, it causes shingles, not another case of chickenpox. Most people who get shingles will not get the disease again, although it does come back in a few people.