2006-09-10 02:37:43 · 9 answers · asked by Katie D 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Varicella Disease (Chickenpox)
Varicella, although a common disease, can be dangerous and even deadly.
2006-09-13 15:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for Varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children.
Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3), one of the eight herpes viruses known to affect humans. It starts with conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms, moderate fever and then characteristic spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pox (pocks), small open sores which heal mostly without scarring.
2006-09-10 02:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What happens is:
Some diseased chickens come in your window in the night and peck all over your body. If you scratch long enough, you will actually turn into a chicken! Honest Injun. Scouts Honour.
(I can say that because I was never an Injun. Or a Scout.)
2006-09-10 03:28:04 · answer #3 · answered by HiFi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean chicken pox? its a nasty illness caused by a virus that makes you break out in blistery rash all over the body, I caught it when I was 20 and let me tell you it was agony
2006-09-10 02:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by lizarddd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken Pox. It is a virus that causes you to get ***** sores when infected, but with the vacinations on one is supposed to be getting them.
2006-09-11 16:59:55 · answer #5 · answered by pixles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken pox is a old name for a spotty rash usually caught by kids and its better to catch it when your younger than it is when your older.
2006-09-10 02:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by Dee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chickenpox is a virus that causes red, itchy bumps.
2006-09-10 05:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by skyeblue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Herpes Zoster. Childhood illness.
2006-09-10 02:43:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes its the childhood illness, its like small blisters and if you scratch them they scar, so dont scratch them
2006-09-10 02:57:33 · answer #9 · answered by kitten 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋