Chicken pox

Question 1

Chicken pox

Answer 1

Caused by the varicella zoster virus

Spreads through air droplets and blister exudates

Question 2

Chicken pox symptoms

Answer 2

3 days before chicken pox erupts there may be fever, headache, sore throat, malaise

Small red spots - itchy and infectious

Infectious spots become blisters, which eventually crusts

Question 3

Chickenpox referral

Answer 3

Adults
Pregnant women
Immunocompromised
Infants below 4 years old

Question 4

OTC products for chickenpox

Answer 4

For itching
- Calamine lotion
- Crotamiton
- 1+ chlorphenamine

Fever
- Paracetemol
- Avoid ibuprofen due to risk of serious skin reactions

Question 5

shingles cause

Answer 5

Reactivation of the varicella zoster virus and affects the nerves

Spreads through direct contact only

Question 6

Shingle symptom characteristics

Answer 6

Blisters will usually appear on one side of the body and will not cross the midline.
It will usually cover the trunk

Question 7

Shingles future impact

Answer 7

Post-herpetic neuralgia

Question 8

Contracting chickenpox vs shingles

Answer 8

It is not possible to catch shingles from someone with shingles

BUT

You can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have not had chickenpox before