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Is a common, acute, and highly contagiuos viral infection.

Can occur at any age but most common in childrenbetween 2-8 of age.

It is usually more severe in adults and very young infants thanchildren.

It usually common during rainy season. Winter and spring inother countries.

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Human (alpha) herpes virus 3 or also knownas varicella-zoster virus.

And is often categorized with other common so-called viral

exanthems (viral rashes):

Rubeola

Rubella

Roseola

Mumps Virus

5th disease(Parvovirus B13)

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Direct Contact

Airborne droplets (coughing, sneezing, kissing, talking with an

infected person)

Skin to skin (fluid from blisters and sores)

Acute maternal infection in 1st or early 2nd semester of pregnancy

Indirect Contact

> contact with articles of clothing and other items (fomites) exposed to

fresh drainage from open sores.

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Lasts from 13-17 days (2-3 wks)

It is probably communicable from 1 day before lesions

erupt to 6 days after vesicle form

Most contagious in early stages of skin lesions eruption.

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Symptoms tend to appear 14 to 16 days after the initial

exposure but can occur anytime from 10 days to 21 days

after contact with the virus.

Two days of mild fever up to 102F (sometimes with

cough and cold)

General weakness and Headache

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Nausea

Anorexia

And a rash (first sign of the disease)* the rash of chicken pox develops in crops with raised red

spots arriving first, progressing to blisters that burst,

forming open sores, before crusting over.

* blisters usually starts on the scalp, then the trunk, andfinally the arms and the legs.

Pruritus and pain on blisters that burst

Sore throat

Myalgia

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Occurs worldwide and endemic in large cities

Outbreaks are sporadic usually in areas with large

groups of susceptible children

Affects all gender, races, and age groups.

Second attacks are rare, probably 70% have the disease

by the time they are 15 years of age.

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Acute Pain Hyperthermia

Altered Comfort

Anxiety

Imbalance Nutrition: Less than Body Requirement

Impaired Skin Integrity

Activity intolerance/Impaired Physical Mobility

Ineffective Airway clearance/Impaired GasExchange/Ineffective Airway Clearance

Disturbed Body Image Self-Care Deficit

Risk For Infection

Risk For Injury

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^ aims to decrease symptoms and to prevent bacterialinfection

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) - to decrease fever andaches often associated with the initial presentation ofthe viral infection.

Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or other antihistamine to control itching.

Acyclovir (Zovirax) an antiviral that used to shortenthe duration of the infection.

To control the risk for secondary bacterial infection,nails are trimmed in young children.

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Bacterial Infection related to an open pox sore.

CNS: Cerebral Ataxia (with wobbliness, dizziness,tremors, and altered speech).

Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain withheadache, seizures and decrease level of

consciousness). Reyes Syndrome (fatal with combination of liver and

brain disease).

Patients taking cortisone-related medications are at

risk patients with AIDS, SLE, Leukemia, and Cancer will

have serious complications

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Most people develop lifetime immunity to chickenpoxafter the first occurrence and never experience it again.

Shingles (zoster) vaccine. The vaccine requires 2 shots.

1st given at about 1 year of age.

The second one (booster shot) is given at 4 years ofage.

If an older person has not had chickenpox, the shotmay be given at any time.

Vaccinations have been associated with a 90%

decrease in the incidence of chickenpox andsignificantly lower complication rates in those who dodevelop the symptoms.

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Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster viruswhich

also causes shingle.

Chickenpox is highly contagious and spreads by contact

with someone with chickenpox.

Fever, malaise, and a rash (red spot, blisters, and

crusted lesions) are all symptoms and signs of

chickenpox.

Treatment for chickenpox is basically supportive.

Although usually self-limited, chickenpox can also cause

more serious complications, including pneumonia,

encephalitis, and secondary skin infections.

The chickenpox vaccine has resulted in a decrease in

chickenpox incidence by 90% after two shots of zoster

vaccine.

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