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Shingles Chicken Pox

There are some things you are going to need to know about chicken pox, that not everyone knows and this is the fact that untreated chicken pox virus can lead to a whole different kind of disease that is know as shingles. Chicken pox by itself is something that most children are affected by when they are under the age of fifteen, and the chicken pox virus only usually causes a small type of problem for the person infected with chicken pox. Good thing that most people are familiar with is that if you have ever had chicken pox virus in your life, then you are not able to get this infection again. This is because after the first time you go through this disease hits you quite hard, but after this your body becomes immune to chicken pox virus and you just go about living your life. Some cases have shown though that the VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) which is the virus, that causes chicken pox when you are a young child. Can often stay inside of your body for the rest of your life lying dormant. This is one of the key factors of shingles; this is why you get it in the first place, although we will get more into that. If you have a shingles story, or picture please feel free to leave a comment with your experience.

The normal thing that happens with VZV (Varicella Zoster Virus) is that it just tends to lay dormant inside of the body, and not even because any types of health complications. The times when this disease can turn into shingles is if the immune system it was unhealthy, but most of the time strongly protecting the body. Against any type of infection, so if your immune system goes weak, the virus can come back alive and start causing you some major problems in your health. Important thing to remember is that shingles is very much more dangerous a disease then chicken pox, if you think you are infected with shingles, make sure that you have a visit with your doctor as soon as you can. There is a medical term for shingles and just so everyone is familiar with it, it is herpes zoster. Ever had an outbreak of shingles? Or had a family member go through this? Share your experiences with all of our readers, by commenting in the comment box below.

Shingles can not only affected people at a younger age, but it is also been known to affect adults a lot of the time as well. Shingles is mainly an adult disease, meaning it’s much more common for an adult to come down with case of shingles, and then it is for a child to come down with a case of shingles. One thing you need to remember as well as that contact with an infected person with chicken pox cannot cause shingles so don’t worry. Several things can act as triggers for this disease one of them is conditions such as HIV or AIDS that have a negative effect on your immune system, can bring the disease shingles on. There are more then this extreme trigger though just having excess alcohol intake can cause your immune system to weaken which can cause the shingles virus to reactivate inside of your body, and trust me it’s better just to get the chicken pox vaccination then have to deal with this deadly and often uncomfortable disease shingles.

Chicken Pox

Chicken pox is a very common disease among children, usually effects a child who is twelve years or younger, so if you have a child within this age range, and the child is showing signs of chicken pox then you are going to want to take the to a doctor, to get some recommended treatment. When you are experiencing chicken pox then you will get a itchy rash that can spread across your whole body, chicken pox also is know to also sometimes come with some often flu related symptoms. Chicken pox symptoms usually do not need treatment for the disease to leave an infected person’s body. Sometimes to remember though that chicken pox is very contagious, any child that is infected with chicken pox should not be attending school, until all of the chicken pox symptoms are gone from your child, you need to keep your child home so that they do not spread chicken pox throughout there school. Ever had a child with chicken pox? If so tell us how you dealt with the symptoms, and how long it took for you child or self to lose the chicken pox symptoms.

                                          

The virus that is the sole cause for chicken pox is (VZV) which  is also know medically as varicella-zoster virus. If you would like to protect your child or self from the chicken pox disease, you can get the chickenpox vaccine, which will usually help you never to get the chicken pox disease ever, even if you have already had it at one time or another. A medical group called the CDC urges people that are thirteen years or possibly older, who have never had any type of chicken pox signs, or symptoms to receive this VZV vaccine, and the CDC urges you to get this done twice, but make sure to have the vaccines at least twenty eight days between each treatment. So make sure if you are over this age, and have not had chicken pox to get the vaccine so that you can stay healthy, and never have to deal with the painful disease known as chicken pox.

 

In many cases, people only ever get the chicken pox disease once in there life, but VZU can often just lie dormant in your body, and cause other types of harmful disease to yourself, the disease this can called either “Herpes Zoster” or “Shingles”, this is why it is urged to get the vaccine because not only will you be able to avoid getting chicken pox, you could also dodge another disease shingles. By making surer the VZU in your body is not active. Ever gone to get your chicken pox shot? Let us know how long it take, and how it worked out for your self, by just leaving us a comment.

Chicken Pox Virus

A skin rash of blister-like lesions, covering the body but usually more concentrated on the face, scalp, and trunk. Most, but not all, infected individuals have fever, which develops just before or when the rash appears. If exposed, persons who have been vaccinated against the disease may get a milder illness, with less severe rash (sometimes involving only a few red bumps that look similar to insect bites) and mild or no fever.

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