Chicken Pox

6 of our boys were confined due to chicken pox, ofcourse nobody ever wanted it, immediately they were brought to the doctor for treatment. They were just advised to take to take antibiotic be isolated and to increase intake of water as much as possible . It took a while before all of them were able to get back to their respective classes. By the way, one of them was the carrier after taking the semestral break, he came with a bulutong already.

Kindly read what is checken Pox is all about courtesy of wikipedia.org

Chickenpox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It generally begins with spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pockmarks, small open sores which heal mostly without scarring.

Chickenpox has a 10-21 day incubation period and is spread easily through aerosolized droplets from the nasopharynx of ill individuals or through direct contact with secretions from the rash. Following primary infection there is usually lifelong protective immunity from further episodes of chickenpox.

Chickenpox is rarely fatal, although it is generally more severe in adults than in children. Pregnant women and those with a suppressed immune system are at highest risk of serious complications. The most common late complication of chicken pox is shingles, caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus decades after the initial episode of chickenpox.