CHICKENPOX

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CHICKEN POX?

• The symptoms of Chicken pox are high blood pressure,
• headaches, starts before rashes appear. Next spots
• will appear and they will start to develop small blister
• that are very itchy
• http://www.patient.co.uk/health/chickenpox-in-children-under-12

HOW IS CHICKEN POX CONTRACTED?

• People with chicken pox are contagious
• a couple days before their rash appears
• and remain so until all of their blisters
• have scabs
• http://www.medicinenet.com/chickenpox_varicella/article.htm

IS CHICKEN POX CONTAGIOUS?

• Chicken pox is highly contagious and speads
• by contact with someone with chicken pox
• http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/29/5-things-you-should-know-about-chicke...

HOW MANY CASES OF CHICKEN POX WERE IN THE US IN 2013?

• 3.7 million
• http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Chickenpox.aspx

HOW MANY TEENS IN THE US HAD CHICKENPOX

• Most people have chicken pox
• as a child. Most children get chicken pox
• before the age of 10. About 9 in 10 had chicken pox
• at the age of 15
• http://www.patient.co.uk/health/chickenpox-in-adults-and-teenagers

HOW IS CHICKENPOX TREATED?

• Chicken pox vaccine is very
• safe and effective at preventing
• the disease
• http://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/prevention-treatment.html

IS THERE AN CURE FOR CHICKENPOX?

• There is no cure for the chicken pox,
• and the virus usually clears up by
• itself without any treatment
• http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Chickenpox/Pages/Treatment.aspx