Chickenpox is one of the ‘classic’ childhood diseases. Most children will catch it sooner or later.
Chickenpox is an airborne disease and is very contagious. The symptoms are:
– general mild flu like symptoms (headache, fever, tummy ache, and loss of appetite);
– followed a day or two later by hundreds of itchy, fluid filled blisters.
Once you have had chickenpox the virus is with you for life but kept in check by your immune system. However, the virus can flare up later in life in the form of shingles, especially if you undergo a period of stress.
Most cases occur in children younger than 10 and the disease is usually mild. Older children and adults often develop a more severe case of chickenpox.
Chickenpox can cause serious complications:
– a secondary infection of the blisters may occur if these are scratched and this can cause scarring.
– newborns are at risk of severe infection if the mother is not immune (i.e. she has not previously had the disease).
– other, rare, complications include encephalitis; Reye’s syndrome; and cerebellar...
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