what tests do the doctors run to see wheather a person has chicken pox?

Answer 1

in children, i think they basically go by the lesions on their skin,,,,, in adults they do a blood test,,,,

Answer 2

You can tell just by looking. I had chicken pox when I was 16 - they are like little blisters filled with a clear liquid (if you do a search I'm sure you can find lots of pictures). I never even went to the doctor when I had it - there's nothing much they can do, since it's a virus, once you have it you just have to let it run its course. I noticed one pox when I was in the shower (on my shoulder). I showed it to my Mom (a nurse) and she knew what it was immediately. Got many, many more pox the next few days.

Answer 3

There is no test really. If you are broken out all over your body in red bumps and you scratch like crazy, and are red you either have chicken pox or poison Ivy. The two kinda looks the same. Chicken Pox is very contagious in the first week of Outbreak. It will get in your scalp your ears, and even in your mouth. See the Doctor right away to get medicines for the itching but it will have to run it's course. you will be out of commission for a while. Good Luck.

Answer 4

If the person is sick and goes to the doctor, the doctor can tell by how the bumps/blisters look. If you are older and nobody remembers if you did or did not have chicken pox, there's a blood test (titer, I believe) that shows if you have antibodies to chicken pox (something like that).

Answer 5

To see if a person is having chicken pox, you look at the person. No tests needed. You can see the pox from the chicken pox.

To see if a person has had chicken pox in the past, you check the titers (specific antibodies) for chicken pox.

Answer 6

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that spreads from person to person by direct contact or through the air from an infected person’s coughing or sneezing. Touching the fluid from a chickenpox blister can also spread the disease. A person with chickenpox is contagious from 1–2 days before the rash appears until all blisters have formed scabs. This may take 5–10 days.[1] It takes from 10–21 days after contact with an infected person for someone to develop chickenpox.[2]

The chickenpox lesions (blisters) start as a 2–4 mm red papule which develops an irregular outline (rose petal). A thin-walled, clear vesicle (dew drop) develops on top of the area of redness. This "dew drop on a rose petal" lesion is very characteristic for chickenpox. After about 8–12 hours the fluid in the vesicle gets cloudy and the vesicle breaks leaving a crust. The fluid is highly contagious, but once the lesion crusts over, it is not considered contagious. The crust usually falls off after 7 days sometimes leaving a crater-like scar. Although one lesion goes through this complete cycle in about 7 days, another hallmark of chickenpox is the fact that new lesions crop up every day for several days. Therefore, it may take about a week until new lesions stop appearing and existing lesions crust over. Children are not sent back to school until all lesions have crusted over.[3]

Second infections with chickenpox occur in immunocompetent individuals, but are uncommon. Such second infections are rarely severe. A soundly-based conjecture being carefully assessed in countries with low prevalence of chickenpox due to immunisation, low birth rates, and increased separation is that immunity has been reinforced by subclinical challenges and this is now less common. This is more dangerous with shingles. There have been reported cases of repeat infections

Answer 7

Tho I'm not sure...I did have the chicken pox when I was little and I think the only way to know if you have it is when the spots appear on your body.
And you might have a temperature too...but when I had it the doctor didn't do any tests just told me i have it.

Answer 8

My Doctor just looked at a couple of the spots, and said those are chicken pox. And my mom jumped for joy. She had been trying to get my sister and I exposed to it ever since we had reached elementary age, and we would have to go in for every single little tiny rash.

Answer 9

If you've been exposed and you don't have the lesions yet - get immunized! You may still get some spots but very mild case. Chicken pox can cause complications in some people/children like skin infections (flesh eating disease), and respiratory problems. Take care!

Answer 10

Chicken Pox - Varicella Virus Infection

Chicken pox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the varicella virus. The word chickenpox comes from the Old English word "gican" meaning "to itch" or from the Old French word "chiche-pois" for chickpea, a description of the size of the lesion.

Who Gets Chicken Pox
Chickenpox is a disease of childhood - 90% of cases occur in children aged 14 years and younger. Before widespread vaccination, the incidence of chicken pox in the United States approached the annual birth rate, averaging between 3.1 and 3.8 million cases per year. Chicken pox can occur at any time, but occurs most often in March, April, and May in temperate climates.

Varicella Virus
The varicella virus is an enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus. It attaches to the wall of the cell it invades, and then enters the cell. The virus uncoats and is transported to the nucleus where the viral DNA replicates creating new virions that are eventually released from the cell to infect other cells.

* Varicella virus
* Several varicella virions

Acquiring Chicken Pox
Chicken pox is acquired by direct contact with infected blister fluid or by inhalation of respiratory droplets. When a person with chicken pox coughs or sneezes, they expel tiny droplets that carry the varicella virus. A person who has never been exposed to chicken pox inhales these droplets and the virus enters the lungs, and then is carried through the bloodstream to the skin where it causes a rash. While the virus is in the bloodstream (before the rash begins) it causes typical viral symptoms like fever, fatigue, joint pains, headache, and swollen glands. These symptoms usually resolve by the time the rash develops. The incubation period of chicken pox averages 14 days with a range of 9 to 21 days.

Appearance of Chicken Pox
The chicken pox rash begins on the trunk and spreads to the face and extremities. The chicken pox lesion starts as a 2-4 mm red papule which develops an irregular outline (rose petal). A thin-walled, clear vesicle (dew drop) develops on top of the area of redness. This "dew drop on a rose petal" lesion is very characteristic for chicken pox. After about 8-12 hours the fluid in the vesicle gets cloudy and the vesicle breaks leaving a crust. The fluid is highly contagious, but once the lesion crusts over, it is not considered contagious. The crust usually falls off after 7 days sometimes leaving a craterlike scar. Although one lesion goes through this complete cycle in about 7 days, another hallmark of chicken pox is the fact that new lesions crop up every day for several days. Therefore, it may take about a week until new lesions stop appearing and existing lesions crust over. Children are not sent back to school until all lesions have crusted over.

* Early chicken pox lesion - "dew drop on a rose petal"
* Late stage chicken pox lesion
* Chicken pox lesions on back
* Day 5 of chicken pox rash
* Day 6 of chicken pox rash

Extent of Chicken Pox Rash
The number of chicken pox lesions a person gets varies considerably. The usual range is 100 to 300 lesions. Usually, older children and adults develop more lesions than young children. Also cases of chicken pox acquired from contact with household members are typically more severe than those acquired from community contact. This is presumably because household contacts have closer contact. People who have previously traumatized skin, such as from a sunburn or eczema, may also develop a more extensive rash. In addition to affecting the skin, chicken pox can also cause lesions on the mucous membranes in the eyes, mouth, and vagina.

Diagnosis of Chicken Pox
Chicken pox is typically diagnosed clinically based on the history of viral symptoms and the characteristic appearance of the rash. However, sometimes chicken pox can be confused with herpes simplex, impetigo, insect bites, or scabies. Sometimes a viral culture can be performed to confirm the diagnosis, but it takes from 1 to 14 days to get the results.

Answer 11

My ordinary practitioner informed me it fairly is uncommon yet achieveable to get fowl pox two times... Does he or did he have a extreme fever??? Are countless the pox busting and regrowing?? Does it itch?? He could or won't have fowl pox so confirm you do not are available in any touch with any of his actual fluids... ****EDIT** I agree w/ "S" i think of it fairly is Shingles yet countless the indicators are a splash extra "severe" (not existence threatening or something) than the fowl pox (even if the ailment althogether may well be severe) ....what indicators has your brother had???