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