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Chicken pox:-

 It is common and highly contagious illness that causes itching rash and blisters all over the body and mostly occurred in children.

Cause:-

 The virus varicella zoster.

Etiology:-

 -Chickenpox can affect healthy person if he/she comes on contact with infected person who sneezing ,cough or sharing food or drinks or touching the blisters of chicken pox.

-Chickenpox can be spread from 2 to 3 days before the rash appears until all the blisters have crusted over.

 Pathophysiology:-

  Infection of conjunctiva or upper
respiratory tract.
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Replication of the virus on regional lymph nodes.
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                 Viremia
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Viral replication in liver.
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Secondary viremia.
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Appearance of varicella rash.

Clinical manifestations:-

 Initially symptoms are:-
  -fever
  -Headache
  -Sore throat
Late symptoms are
-Tiredness
- loss of appetite

Incubation period:-

 Approximately 14 to 16 days.

Diagnosis:-

 - Assessment of fluid present in blisters .
- Assignment of clinical manifestations of chickenpox.

Medical management:-

 1. The person who have other health problems he may need antiviral medicine or immunoglobulin treatment.

2. Adult and child need only home treatment for chickenpox.

Prevention :-

Chickenpox can be prevented by chickenpox vaccine.

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