Chicken Pox

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Chicken Pox

• By Nick
• Nestor

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Chicken Pox

• There are 3,000,000 cases reported each year
• Nearly every child has had Chicken Pox
• It affects 90 of children and 10 of adults in
  the entire U.S. population

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The Name

• Chicken Pox got its name because people thought
  that the little blisters looked like chick peas.
• The scientific name is Viracella Zoster.

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Morphology

• This virus likes to live in the medium range of
  temperatures, which is 20C to 40C.
• There is no information whatsoever on its
  physical characteristics. Such as size and shape.

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Infection

• The Chicken Pox virus infects the trunk of the
  body and the head. Then it will move to the
  extremities.

• Chicken Pox is an airborne virus meaning that
  when a person that has Chicken Pox is just around
  you and you have never had it your chance of
  getting Chicken Pox is at most 95

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The Three Stages of Lesions

• Vesicle
• Pustule
• Crust

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The Vesicle Stage

• The vesicle stage is when you first will know
  that you have Chicken Pox. The infected skin
  will turn red in little blisters that are called
  lesions.

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The Pustule Stage

• The pustule stage is when the lesions become
  filled with fluid. The top of the lesion will
  become depressed and the outer edges of it will
  be inflamed.

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The Crust Stage

• The crust stage is when the lesion will burst.
  When the lesion bursts you are usually not
  contagious any longer. The lesions that have all
  burst will now crust over.

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The Symptoms

• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Fever
• Lesions
• Sore Throat
• Abdominal Pains
• Head Aches

• The symptoms usually take about three weeks in
  order to fully show up. 13 to 21 days. It
  usually depends on how strong your immunity
  system is.

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The Medicines

• Good
• Viraway
• Viracella
• Acycloir

• Bad
• Tea Tree Oil
• Varivax

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Prevention

• The only way to prevent your child from getting
  Chicken Pox is to keep him indoors for his entire
  life.