Chicken Pox
Posted by Alex
Chicken pox is one of the five childhood rashes and is caused by the human herpes virus 3. It is a very contagious disease that spreads through direct contact or by the air from an infected person’s sneezing or coughing. Physical contact with the fluid from a chicken pox blister can also spread the disease. A chicken pox patient is contagious a day or two before the rash appears until blisters form. The younger a child is, the milder the chicken pox is. Antihistamine medication or sodium bicarbonate in baths usually help ease the itching, and paracetamol is given to reduce the fever.