Paper On Chickenpox
HICKENPOX
RUTA TIMARKY
GRAND CANYON
UNIVERSITY
Monday, March 11, 13
DESCRIPTION OF
CHICKENPOX
CONTAGIOUS
BLISTERS/RASHES
ITCHINESS/REDNESS
TIREDNESS/MILD HEADACHES
FEVER/GENERAL MALAISE
Monday, March 11, 13
Usually occurs in children 1 year to 14 years of age. Chickenpox is a very contagious disease that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Initially it starts out red, it itches, it can resemble an insect bite: it starts on the face, scalp, chest and back and can spread all over the body, including orifices (mouth, ears, eyes, vagina, and anus). Although it usually occurs in children and people with immunocomprised systems, it can also occur in adults, which can be serious and dangerous, especially in babies. The …show more content…
Varicella meningoencephalitis is another neurologic complication that resolves after 24-72 hours; symptoms include transient deliruim, seizures, headaches, sensitivity to light and neck pain.
People who are higher risk for complications are immunocomprised person, person wih HIV/
AIDS and pregnant women. (Mayo Clinic, 2010).
RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS is pneumonia, the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in pregnant women, people who have comprised immune systems. About one in every four hundren adults that get the chickenpox are hospitalized. (CDC, 2013).
LIVER COMPLICATIONS a common chickenpox complication is an inflammation of the liver.
Usually ther ar no symptoms and it resolves on its own/ Reye’s syndrome however is life threatening, which causes the liver to fail, it’s associated with tking aspirin while one has the viral infection, usually children under the age of 12yrs. (Welby).
TREATMENT OF
CHICKENPOX
HOME REMEDIES:
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS
COLLOIDAL OATMEAL …show more content…
Monday, March 11, 13
ACYCLOVIR, VALACYCLOVIR, FAMCICLOVIR: treats herpes virus infections, including shingles (herpes zoster) and genital herpes (herpes simplex). Also treats chickenpox. This medicine will not cure herpes, but may prevent a breakout of herpes sores or blisters. (City of
NY, 2012)
VZIG: (Varicela-Zoster Immune Globulin: helps to reduce the severity of chickenpox infections in patients who are at risk. This medicine is collected from the pooled blood of many donors.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH
STATISTICS
MORTALITY, MORBIDITY, INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
MORTALITY: (death) rate of number of deaths due to specific disease by total population
MORBIDITY: illness
INCIDENCE: is a measure of disease that allows one to determine a person’s probability of being diagnosed wih a disease during a given period of time
PREVALENCE: is a mesure of disease that allows us to determine a person’s likelihod of having a disease
Monday, March 11, 13
81% of childrn were vacinate for chickenpox ages 19-35 months, annually in the U.S.
RUTA TIMARKY
GRAND CANYON
UNIVERSITY
Monday, March 11, 13
DESCRIPTION OF
CHICKENPOX
CONTAGIOUS
BLISTERS/RASHES
ITCHINESS/REDNESS
TIREDNESS/MILD HEADACHES
FEVER/GENERAL MALAISE
Monday, March 11, 13
Usually occurs in children 1 year to 14 years of age. Chickenpox is a very contagious disease that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Initially it starts out red, it itches, it can resemble an insect bite: it starts on the face, scalp, chest and back and can spread all over the body, including orifices (mouth, ears, eyes, vagina, and anus). Although it usually occurs in children and people with immunocomprised systems, it can also occur in adults, which can be serious and dangerous, especially in babies. The …show more content…
Varicella meningoencephalitis is another neurologic complication that resolves after 24-72 hours; symptoms include transient deliruim, seizures, headaches, sensitivity to light and neck pain.
People who are higher risk for complications are immunocomprised person, person wih HIV/
AIDS and pregnant women. (Mayo Clinic, 2010).
RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS is pneumonia, the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in pregnant women, people who have comprised immune systems. About one in every four hundren adults that get the chickenpox are hospitalized. (CDC, 2013).
LIVER COMPLICATIONS a common chickenpox complication is an inflammation of the liver.
Usually ther ar no symptoms and it resolves on its own/ Reye’s syndrome however is life threatening, which causes the liver to fail, it’s associated with tking aspirin while one has the viral infection, usually children under the age of 12yrs. (Welby).
TREATMENT OF
CHICKENPOX
HOME REMEDIES:
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS
COLLOIDAL OATMEAL …show more content…
Monday, March 11, 13
ACYCLOVIR, VALACYCLOVIR, FAMCICLOVIR: treats herpes virus infections, including shingles (herpes zoster) and genital herpes (herpes simplex). Also treats chickenpox. This medicine will not cure herpes, but may prevent a breakout of herpes sores or blisters. (City of
NY, 2012)
VZIG: (Varicela-Zoster Immune Globulin: helps to reduce the severity of chickenpox infections in patients who are at risk. This medicine is collected from the pooled blood of many donors.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH
STATISTICS
MORTALITY, MORBIDITY, INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
MORTALITY: (death) rate of number of deaths due to specific disease by total population
MORBIDITY: illness
INCIDENCE: is a measure of disease that allows one to determine a person’s probability of being diagnosed wih a disease during a given period of time
PREVALENCE: is a mesure of disease that allows us to determine a person’s likelihod of having a disease
Monday, March 11, 13
81% of childrn were vacinate for chickenpox ages 19-35 months, annually in the U.S.