Chicken+pox

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It's an infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus. It will be transmitted through person-to-person contact, for example: when a patient coughs, sneezes. It can also be transmitted by indirect proximity, touching anything that has been touched by someone who has the virus can cause a chicken pox infection. ======



//__What are the symptoms? How long do they last? Is it deadly? __//
First stage of the chicken pox: - fever - headache - sore throat (the rash should appear 1 or 2 days after the first symptoms begin.)

The rash should last for around 7-10 days and the incubation period is usually 14-16 days, that's when you get the symptoms of chicken pox after you've been around a patient.



//__Dont's __//
- Do not eat food that are dark, e.g. soy sauce, as they will cause dark scars. - Do not eat certain types of food, for example: chicken, prawns, crabs, and other seafood as well. - NEVER stretch the lesions, not only that it will leave scars & pigmentation but infection may take place, too



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You can't cure chicken pox, it will only disappears by itself, however, apply Calamine lotion and antihistamine medicines may help with the itching. ======



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