Chickenpox Research Paper

Chickenpox can cause serious skin infections, pneumonia, brain damage, and in severe cases death can occur. There is also fever, loss of appetite, headaches, tiredness and general feeling of malaise. The rash has three phases; during the first phases there are raised pink or red bumps (papules), which break out over several days. During the second phases fluid-filled blisters (vesicles), forming from the raised bumps over about one day before breaking and leaking. Finally, during the third phases the rash crusts and scabs which covers the broken blisters and takes several more days to heal. The risk of catching chickenpox is higher if a person hasn't previously had chicken pox, hasn't been vaccinated, works in or attends a school or child care
The disease is normally mild but can lead to further complications such as; bacterial infection of the skin, pneumonia, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), toxic shock syndrome, and Reye's syndrome for people who take aspirin during chickenpox, Newborns whose mothers never had the vaccine or actual virus, pregnant women who haven't had chickenpox, and people whose immune systems are impaired by medication all have a higher risk of getting the virus. Doctors can generally diagnose chickenpox on the rash, but if there are any doubts, chickenpox can be confirmed with laboratory test including blood test or a culture of lesion sample. There really is no medical treatment for the chickenpox, an antihistamine may be prescribed to relieve itching, but for the most part the virus just needs to run its course. The best form of prevention for the varicella disease is the vaccine. Experts from the centers from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that the vaccine provides complete protection from the virus for nearly 90% of young children who receive it. The vaccine is given in two doses in the United States. One between the ages of 12-15 months and another