PREVENTION OF CHICKENPOX

PREVENTION OF CHICKENPOX
Chickenpox is an acute infectious disease of a viral nature. Chickenpox belongs to the group of anthroponoses, i.e. it affects only humans and it is impossible to get chickenpox from animals and birds. In most cases, children between the ages of 5 and 10 are ill.
Adults rarely get sick, but if they become infected, their disease is especially severe. Moreover, many experts believe that the varicella zoster virus and the herpes virus are the same virus that causes chickenpox when it first enters the body and remains in the cells of the spinal cord for a long time, and when immunity decreases, it manifests itself as herpes simplex or shingles.
A person who is not immune to the chickenpox virus may develop chickenpox if they come into contact with shingles. How can you get chickenpox? You can get infected with the chickenpox virus by airborne droplets from person to person.
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