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Chicken pox is an illness which usually occurs in childhood. Children
rarely are very ill, however infected adults can develop severe
complications. Chicken pox is caused by a virus called varicella zoster,
a member of he herpes virus family. It generally takes 7 to 21 days,
after being exposed, before the first symptoms of chicken pox appear.
Chicken pox usually lasts between 7 to 10 days from first onset and the
infected person is contagious from 1-2 days before appearance of the
characteristic rash of chicken pox, until after all vesicles are scabbed
over. This is approximately 5 days after the first vesicles appear. The
vesicles soon crust and scab over and all crusts generally fall off in 7
to 14 days. The spots and vesicles usually occur in "crops" over a 2 to
4 day period. They frequently itch a great deal and are generally quite
uncomfortable. |
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