1. Chicken Pox
By Elizabeth Moore

2. What is Chicken Pox?
 Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease
caused by a virus called varicella zoster, is one of
the most commonly reported disease for children.
Usually mild and not life-threatening, it may be
severe in babies, adults and people without a
strong immune system. Second attacks are very
rare.

3. What’s Happening?
Once the virus gets inside the blood stream, the
antibodies remember the disease to make sure that
they can fight it off the next time. Soon, the cell-
mediated immune response will kick in, but will not
treat the skin problems. Then t-cells will come in
later and clean up the skin.

5. How Does Chicken Pox Spread?
 Chicken Pox can be spread from person to
person by direct contact with fluid from the
blisters.

6. Symptoms of Chicken Pox
 A red, itchy rash, initially resembling insect bites,
on your face, scalp, chest and back
 Small, liquid-filled blisters that break open and
crust over
 Fever
 Abdominal pain or loss of appetite
 General feeling of unease and discomfort or
irritability
 A dry cough
 Headache

7. The Vaccine
 The Vaccine for chicken pox was invented in
1995, by the federal Food and Drug
Administration. They approved a vaccine to
immunize children and other people at risk.

8. The Vaccine
 the vaccine works by giving you a little bit of
varicella zoster (chicken pox) and your immune
system will remember the disease and will be
able to fight of the virus if it ever comes back, and
you won’t get it again.

9. References
http://www.trigeminalneuralgiatreatment.info/367/tre
atment-of-varicella-zoster-infection/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/chicken_pox.h
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