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	Chicken Pox - MSN Encarta
		Chicken pox is usually much milder in children, for whom hospitalization is usually not required, than it is in adults.
		Treatment of chicken pox is usually limited to bed rest, acetaminophen for relief of fever and discomfort, and measures that soothe the itching, including lukewarm baths and application of topical medicines such as calamine lotion.
		A child or adolescent with chicken pox should never be given aspirin or other salicylates because of the possible link to Reye's syndrome, a disease that develops only after a viral infection, characterized by high fever, vomiting, liver dysfunction, and swelling of the brain.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566217/Chicken_Pox.html (624 words)

	Dr. Koop - Varicella (Chicken Pox)- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Varicella, otherwise known as chicken pox, is a generalized infection caused by the varicella zoster virus.
		Chicken pox is contracted by touching an infected person's blisters or anything that has been contaminated by contact with them.
		Chicken pox can be prevented through vaccination (now recommended by almost all major national health and public health groups).
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/93/773.html (1130 words)

	Chicken Pox
		Chicken pox is a common illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
		Chicken pox is contagious from 2 days before the rash appears until 5 days after the start of the rash.
		Chicken pox is diagnosed by the distinctive rash.
	www.cafcc.org /10ChiPox.html (647 words)

	Howstuffworks "Chicken Pox: A Profile of a Blistery Virus"
		Chicken pox is an extremely contagious disease that is characterized by a blistery rash.
		Chicken pox is transmitted so easily that, until the recent advent of a vaccine, almost everyone got it at some time.
		Chicken pox is caused by infection with the varicella zoster virus.
	health.howstuffworks.com /define-chicken-pox.htm (864 words)

	CHICKEN POX
		Chicken pox is a viral disease characterized by a slight fever, mild fatigue and a skin rash.
		Chicken pox is spread from person to person by direct contact, droplet, or airborne spread of secretions of the respiratory tract of a person with chicken pox.
		The connection between chicken pox and shingles: Shingles (herpes zoster) is a reactivation of the chicken pox virus in a person who had chicken pox in the past.
	www.state.me.us /education/sh/cdchickenpox.htm (361 words)

	Chicken Pox - "Ask the Doctor"
		Chicken pox is a viral illness that causes clear blisters on the skin that then drain and scab and are quit itchy.
		The chicken pox vaccine introduced in the early 1990's will hopefully eliminate chicken pox in the U.S. Most people think of chicken pox as a benign childhood illness; but occasionally there are complications such as skin infections and pneumonia.
		Shingles (which is caused by the same chicken pox virus that remains in the nerves after chicken pox resolves and emerges years later to cause a painful, isolated rash) is less likely to occur in children that have been vaccinated compared to kids who had chicken pox.
	www.healthcaresouth.com /pages/askthedoctor/chickenpox.htm (808 words)

	Chicken Pox
		Chicken pox, also called varicella, is an extremely infectious disease that produces an itchy, blistery rash that lasts about a week.
		Chicken pox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family.
		Chicken pox is usually only contagious until all the sores have scabbed over, usually about six to seven days after the sores appear.
	www.hmc.psu.edu /healthinfo/c/chickenpox.htm (843 words)

	Dr. Koop - Chicken Pox (Varicella)- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Chicken pox is a generalized infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family.
		Chicken pox is highly contagious to non-immune individuals (up to 90%), although the disease severity can range from asymptomatic to serious illness with complications.
		Another way to get chicken pox is by direct contact to shingles, a localized rash caused by the same virus.
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/93/229/Chicken_Pox__Varicella.html (1673 words)

	Chicken Pox: Always-Health.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chicken pox is caused by varicella-zoster virus that is a type of herpes germ.
		When anybody with chicken pox sneeze or cough they eject tiny droplets that carry the chicken pox virus or in other words can be stretch by direct person-to-person contact globule or in the air spread of vesicle fluid or discharge of the respiratory tract, such as coughing and sneezing.
		Treatment of chicken pox is usually restricted to bed rest, acetaminophen for reinforcement of fever and uneasiness, and measures that relieve the itching, together with lukewarm baths and appliance of contemporary medicines such as calamine lotion.
	www.always-health.com /ChickenPox.html (829 words)

	Preschoolers Today — Chicken Pox No Longer an Inevitable Rite of Passage
		Chicken pox, also known as varicella, is a highly-contagious illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus.
		Chicken pox is usually milder in younger children than in older children and adults.
		Possible barriers to routine vaccination include the misconception that chicken pox is always a mild and harmless disease, worries about reactions to the live-virus vaccine and the lack of requirements for the vaccine by schools and daycare centers.
	preschoolerstoday.com /resources/articles/chickenpox.htm (1378 words)

	Chicken Pox Information on Healthline
		Chicken pox is a highly contagious childhood disease that, until the vaccine became available in the mid-1990s, affected nearly all children under the age of ten years.
		Although complications from chicken pox are generally uncommon, the most common one is bacterial infection of the skin, initiated at the site of a chicken pox blister that has broken or was scratched open.
		Shingles, known medically as herpes zoster, is a condition of the nerves caused by the chicken pox virus that affects between 10-20% of all people who have ever had chicken pox.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/chicken-pox (633 words)

	Chicken Pox
		The incubation period for chicken pox is two weeks and the sufferer is contagious for this time, even through there are no symptoms until 24 hours before the eruption of the pox.
		The only symptom of chicken pox, other than the telltale red lesion, is a fever that occurs in the 24 hours before the eruption of the actual pox.
		Chicken pox is easily diagnosed once the pox appear, but it is a good idea to call a doctor and have the diagnosis confirmed.
	members.tripod.com /vs8/chickenpox.htm (423 words)

	U.S. aims to eradicate chicken pox
		Health officials want chicken pox, which still afflicts about 600,000 children a year, to go the way of other illnesses such as measles and mumps that were once a routine part of childhood.
		Moment suspected chicken pox when her 8-year-old twins broke out in red spots in October, even though one had the vaccine and the other had chicken pox as a baby.
		Watson said she is sensing a shift in parental attitudes toward chicken pox compared with when the vaccine was introduced almost a decade ago.
	www.azcentral.com /health/kids/articles/0105chickenpox-ON.html (1187 words)

	Information about Chicken Pox
		Chicken pox is a rash illness caused by a virus.
		If a person who has never had chicken pox inhales these particles, the virus enters the lungs and is carried through the blood to the skin where it causes the typical rash of chicken pox.
		Chicken Pox can caus serious problems during pregnancy, especially when infection occurs early in the pregnancy or at the time of delivery.
	www.mamashealth.com /skin/chicken.asp (406 words)

	Chicken Pox in Children - Keep Kids Healthy
		Chicken pox is a highly contagious illness that should become much less a part of childhood as more children are given the Varivax vaccine.
		Chicken pox is caused by the varicella zoster virus and occurs most commonly in late winter or early spring.
		You should call your doctor if your child has chicken pox and the blisters become very red and tender, drain pus, if your child has high fever for more than 3-4 days or is unconsolable, has swollen and tender glands or if he is unable to drink and is becoming dehydrated.
	www.keepkidshealthy.com /welcome/infectionsguide/chicken_pox.html (755 words)

	Chicken Pox Symptoms, Chicken Pox treatment and Chicken Pox cure
		Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease, occurring usually in children.
		Chicken pox usually begins with a low grade fever, a mild headache and a feeling of weakness.
		As light has a detrimental effect upon the eyes during an attack of chicken pox because of the weakened condition of the external eye tissues, the patient should shade his eyes from the direct light or the room should have subdued light.
	www.home-remedies-for-you.com /remedy/Chicken-Pox.html (1099 words)

	Chicken Pox
		Because chicken pox is a fairly mild disease in children, parents have been known to purposely expose their non-immune....
		Chicken pox is a rash illness caused by a virus, and usually occurs in childhood.
		Chicken pox is a viral infection that causes a rash on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes.
	www.health-nexus.com /chicken_pox.htm (224 words)

	Chicken pox - Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Services
		One of childhood's most common diseases, chicken pox, or varicella as doctors call it, is a highly contagious viral infection.
		The chicken pox vaccine is recommended for children between the ages of 12 and 18 months and for children over 11 and adults who have not had chicken pox.
		Be particularly careful to keep your child away from pregnant women who have not had chicken pox since exposure is dangerous to the healthy development of their baby.
	www.ynhh.org /pediatrics/illnesses/chicken_pox.html (646 words)

	Varicella - Chicken Pox - health information
		Chicken pox (Varicella) is a highly communicable viral disease that occurs most often during the winter and spring.
		Chicken pox can be spread by direct person-to-person contact droplet or airborne spread of vesicle fluid or secretions of the respiratory tract, such as coughing and sneezing.
		Chicken pox can lead to fetal death if the disease is acquired by a pregnant woman within four days before the baby's birth.
	www.mckinley.uiuc.edu /handouts/chicken_pox.html (1054 words)

	News For Parents.org - Chicken Pox Vaccine
		Because chicken pox (which is caused by the varicella virus) has been considered such an unavoidable rite of passage for children that their folks often just wanted to "get it over with." Little did these well-meaning moms realize that chicken pox, while frequently benign, can also cause death and significant disfigurement.
		What both families and caregivers often didn't realize during those years was that chicken pox infection carried the potential for significant side effects such as secondary bacterial infection, pneumonia, encephalitis, kidney disease, and fasciitis (spreading skin infection often requiring skin grafts to repair).
		Chicken pox has been a disease of childhood--and shingles a scourge of older adulthood--for centuries.
	www.newsforparents.org /expert_chicken_pox_vaccine.html (982 words)

	chicken pox. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Chicken pox is highly communicable and is characterized by an easily recognizable rash consisting of blisterlike lesions that appear two to three weeks after infection.
		Chicken pox is usually a mild disease requiring little treatment other than medication to relieve the troublesome itching, but care must be taken that the rash does not become secondarily infected by bacteria.
		A vaccine for chicken pox was approved for use in the United States in 1995.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/chickenp.html (188 words)

	Chickenpox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for Varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children.
		Subsequently in the 1600s, an English physician named Richard Morton described what he thought a mild form of smallpox as "chicken pox." Later, in 1767, a physician named William Heberden, also from England, was the first physician to clearly demonstrate that chickenpox was different from smallpox.
		As "pox" also means curse, in medieval times some believed it was a plague brought on to curse children by the use of fl magic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicken_pox (1138 words)

	Chicken Pox
		Varicella, or chicken pox, is one of the most common infectious diseases.
		In addition to being widespread, Chicken Pox is also one of the most communicable of all common infectious diseases, affecting nearly 95 percent of all people before adulthood.
		Chicken pox is the itchiest when it is first forming; however, it is very important to prevent scratching that can cause scaring.
	www.prairiepublic.org /features/healthworks/kids/contagious.htm (350 words)

	Chicken pox during pregnancy
		If you do contract chicken pox, you'll have a detailed ultrasound at 18 to 20 weeks to look for signs of defects or other problems and at least one follow-up sonogram later to see how your baby is doing.
		If you develop chicken pox five to 21 days before your baby is born, he might develop chicken pox days after birth, but because of the antibodies he received from you, it's much less likely to be serious.
		Chicken pox is highly contagious, and if you've never had it before and have direct contact with an infected person, you're very likely to get it.
	www.babycenter.com /refcap/pregnancy/pregcomplications/9329.html (1834 words)

	Chicken Pox 2
		Chicken pox is usually spread by breathing in droplets coughed, sneezed, or exhaled by an infected person.
		The early symptoms of chicken pox are cold symptoms, fever, abdominal pain, headache, and a general feeling of illness.
		Although a case of the pox brings immunity to the virus, the virus may lay quiet and later be reactivated in some adults, causing a rash.
	www.parknicollet.com /healthadvisor/conditions/chickenpox_2.cfm (945 words)

	Chicken Pox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		see, pox diseases are a complex of viral diseases in domestic animals and men, marked mainly by eruptions of the skin and mucous membranes.
		Pox virus are the group of viruses responsible for small pox in humans and a wide range of pox diseases in animals.
		Chicken pox in humans is also called varicella and is caused by a herpes virus.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/bio99/bio99900.htm (254 words)

	Chicken Pox vaccine
		The truth of the matter is that chicken pox kills.
		Chicken pox is caused by a virus known as Varicella.
		Small pox was caused by a virus known as Variola (major and minor).
	www.intensivecaring.com /chicken_pox_vaccine.htm (398 words)

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