Chicken Pox

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the disease during the first or second trimester there may be a congenital birth defect. If the disease is contracted within five days of birth the child risks being infected seriously with the disease and should be vaccinated immediately. The disease usually runs its course within two weeks, leaving the person infected healthy, as well as immune to any further infection from the same virus.

There is a vaccine for this disease called 'Varicella-zoster immune globulin', and a medicine called 'Acyclovir', a common viral medication, can be used to treat patients with severe cases, or suppressed immune systems. It is best to isolate the infected to prevent the spread of the disease. To avoid infection, always keep the skin clean, and antihistamines as well as cool, wet compresses can be used to releive itching. Complications, like pneumonia, may arise, especially in older people, and these are treated according to ...

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