CHICKENPOX

HISTORY

• 1500s: Giovanni Fillipo was the first case
• 1600s: Richard Morton believed it was a milder form of smallpox
• 1700s: William Heberden proves it is different from smallpox

SYMPTOMS

• Appear within 10-21 days after infection
• Itchy rash
• Fluid filled blisters

3 STAGES OF THE RASH

• Pink or red bumps called Papules breakout
• They turn into small fluid filled blisters called vesicles
• Crusts and scabs form covering the blisters

TREATMENT

• Antibiotics should help clear the rash within 5-10 days

PREVENTION

• Stay away from infected people
• Get the chickenpox vaccine

WHO IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE

• Young kids not vaccinated
• Adults who’ve never had it
• People with immune system problems

THE VACCINE

• It is completely effective in 98% of cases
• In other cases, it significantly decreases the effect of chickenpox

COMPLICATIONS

• Severe cases include: inflammation of the brain, pneumonia, dehydration

RISKS

• Chickenpox is very contagious
• Chance that you can get shingles later on in life

CITATIONS

• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chickenpox/symptoms-causes/s...
• https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/chickenpox-varicella