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Varicella, or chickenpox, is an acute communicable disease characterized by a generalized vesicular rash. Because it is highly contagious, most individuals contract it in childhood.
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Chickenpox(also called varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other s...
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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts.
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Varicella-zoster virus is the causal agent of varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Varicella, the primary varicella-zoster virus infection, is predominantly a childhood disease in non-vaccinated populations.
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Chickenpox(also called varicella) is a common, extremely infectious, rash-producing childhood disease that also affects adults on occasion.Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus(a member of the herpes virus family), which is spread thr...
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on varicella, more commonly known as chickenpox Varicella (or chickenpox) is a highly infectious disease, usually associated with childhood. By adulthood, more than 95 percent of Americans have had chickenpox. Eighty-five to ninety-five percent of pregnant women are immune to chickenpox, which means that there is no need to be concerned about this during pregnancy, even if the woman is exposed to someone with chickenpox. Nearly seven women out of 10,000 will develop chickenpox during pregnancy, however, because they are not immune.
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Detailed information on chickenpox, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and immunity
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Chickenpox(varicella) is a common and extremely infectious childhood disease that also occasionally affects adults. It produces an itchy, blistery rash that typically lasts about a week and is sometimes accompanied by a fever or other symptoms.Abo...
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In the late 1980s, there were a reported 3.9 million cases of chicken pox each year in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that more than 95% of the population contracted chicken pox prior to the availability of the vac...
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Chickenpox and whooping cough, once thought to strike only in childhood, increasingly occur among adults. Vaccines for both diseases may be available as early as 2006.
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Varicella, commonly known as chicken pox, is a highly contagious disease for which a vaccine became available in the 1990s.
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Detailed information on the school-aged child, ages 6 to 12 years There are many common problems facing school-aged children that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional. Listed in the directory below are some, for which we have provided a brief overview.
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Detailed information on child growth and development at 6-12 years While all children may grow at a different rate, the following indicates the average for school-aged children 6 to 12 years old:
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Detailed information on child growth and development at 6-12 years While all children may grow at a different rate, the following indicates the average for school-aged children 6 to 12 years old:
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