Chickenpox


 
 
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Chickenpox

The chickenpox virus causes a runny nose and a slight lever, followed by a rash of small, very itchy blisters. Scratching the blisters can lead to permanent scarring or to secondary bacterial infections of the blister.

After a person has been infected, the chickenpox virus can remain inactive in the nerve cells of their body for many years. Twenty, thirty or more years later, the virus can become active again, causing shingles - very painful rash that can last for weeks, shows what the blisters of chickenpox and the rash from shingles look like.

Routine immunisation against chickenpox did not start until 2006, so infections still occur. However, the number of infections should decline as more and more children are immunised.

                                                 

 

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Question : 1

Which of the following disease can lead to shingles ?

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Chicken pox spread through which of the following means  ____________________.

Right Option : D
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Question : 3

What are the symptoms in babies born to a mother infected with chicken pox ?

Right Option : A
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