VZV- Varicella Flashcards

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manif

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VESICULARLESIONS occur in successive crops.
often single,discrete lesions:Scanty in number in children; more numerous in adults. Initial lesions are papules.

Vesicles rapidly evolve
to pustules and crusted erosions over an 8- to 12-hour period. With subsequent crops, all stages of evolution may be noted simultane- ously, i.e., papules, vesicles, pustules, crusts, i.e., polymorphic
CRUSTED EROSIONS heal in 1 to 3 week

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dist

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First lesions begin on ace

(Fig. 27-47) and scalp, spreading in eriorly to trunk and extremities

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