Instruction
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If you or your child have not had chickenpox, that, by and large, have no protection from varicella will not help – it simply does not exist. But to observe elementary precautions all the same will not prevent. You need to know that using any objects or by contact infected chicken pox because the virus in the external environment quickly dies. Infection occurs by ingestion of the virus on the mucous membrane of the nose or mouth. Therefore, in order not to put in your body the virus got on your hands, wash them more often.
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Because chickenpox is transmitted from an infected person by airborne droplets (sneezing, coughing, or during a call), try to avoid contact with the patient. If this is not possible (sick child or adult family member), try during intercourse to stay far away from the patient, protect your nose and mouth with a gauze bandage. Although it is a disease called "chicken pox" - like the wind, to keep it from spreading is impossible. Statistically, if someone in the family was ill, with a probability of 95% will be ill and rest, previously without a history of family members. You can also get chicken pox from shingles patient, because it's the same virus. The infection in this case, not by air, but by contact with your skin flakes of lichen. So contact with such patients get better in a week, after I dry up the bubbles on his skin.
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Since the symptoms of chickenpox begin to appear only after 1-2 days after ingestion of the virus, you can contact with an infected person (who himself will not know that they are infected) and catch him. To communicate securely with your patients, you can only after 4-5 days after the appearance of his latest pimples.
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From chicken pox not so long ago a vaccine is developed. The opinion of doctors on the issue of childhood vaccination is ambiguous – many believe that the benefits for children from the vaccine rather dubious. Lifelong immunity, vaccination does not. In childhood, typically, chickenpox is easily tolerated. Adult people, the disease is often very difficult, and can result in various complications. Therefore, many doctors recommend not to isolate the child from healthy patients, but rather to give him an opportunity to recover from chicken pox to protect him from this disease in adult life. Besides, I had been ill a chicken pox child confers lifelong immunity not only for chickenpox, and shingles. Vaccination such effect does not. In Russia and most countries of Europe vaccination against varicella is not required. To do or not to vaccinate – you decide, but remember that you can not vaccinate a child only recommended after a year.
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If you are a woman who have not had chickenpox and are planning a pregnancy, consult a gynecologist. Intrauterine infection of the fetus chicken pox can negatively affect its development. Vaccination against chickenpox in your case can be a reasonable precaution. However, do it at least 5 months before the planned conception, to body time to develop immunity. Also find out if antibodies to this infection in the future father. Read more about immunization, preventive measures and treatment of chickenpox you can ask an obstetrician-gynecologist.
Note
If you have a child had chicken pox, you have nothing to worry about – you re not sick, because you wouldn't have immunity. Although in very rare cases, there may be relapses. If that happens - so in the nerve ganglions of your body the virus is out of control immune system as a result of its weakening with age, or suppression due to the strong stress, cancer treatment or organ transplantation, primary immunodeficiency or AIDS. However, in most cases, the virus manifests itself again as shingles.
