| Chicken pox is caused by varicella zoster, a | | | | while. The first symptoms that you will see |
| virus that also causes shingles. Years after | | | | in your child when he/ she has caught the |
| your child has suffered from chicken pox, | | | | chicken pox virus are some normal flu- like |
| that virus may reappear as a rash named | | | | symptoms. Later, the rash will appear and |
| shingles. However, this can happen to a very | | | | then the blisters, that are characteristic |
| small amount of chicken pox patients. | | | | for chicken pox. Another thing that is not |
| | | | very good about chicken pox is that children |
| Since the year 1995, a vaccine against | | | | are more contagious just a few days before |
| chicken pox is available and many of the | | | | the chicken pox rash appears on their bodies. |
| doctors recommend it, if not all. Children | | | | At that time, most of the parents do bot know |
| under one year old can not receive the | | | | that their child has chicken pox. |
| vaccine against chicken pox. What this | | | | |
| vaccine does is to prevent children from | | | | When your child has chicken pox, there are |
| developing a very serious chicken pox case. | | | | two main things that you should do. One is to |
| That is to say that the children who have | | | | relive the itching of the rash, thing that is |
| received the vaccine against chicken pox will | | | | very normal in chicken pox cases and the |
| still go on to develop this disease, but it | | | | other is to keep your child from developing |
| will be a much milder form. This will mostly | | | | any skin infections. Special lotions, baths |
| happen to almost 95 percent of all chicken | | | | with oatmeal or baking soda are very useful |
| pox patients that have received the vaccine. | | | | in chicken pox cases. Because the rash turns |
| Furthermore, this vaccine has little side | | | | into blisters filled with fluid, that in turn |
| effects that can be tolerated very well by | | | | crust and fall off, you must be very careful |
| the child. However, if your child is allergic | | | | and keep a good hygiene of your child. When |
| to gelatin, the vaccine against chicken pox | | | | suffering from chicken pox, he/ she might |
| is not recommended. | | | | break those blisters and eventually this |
| | | | could lead to infections. |
| Because chicken pox is contagious, when your | | | | |
| child is suffering from this condition, the | | | | There are also other complications to chicken |
| best thing to do is keep him/ her home for a | | | | pox, but they are rare. |