Chicken Pox

• Chicken Pox also known as Varicella
• Varicella

  MOT: Airborne + Contact
• Varicella

  Causative Agent: Varicella Zoster Virus
• Varicella Clinical Manifestations

  Centrifugal: Rashes begins in the trunk going outward

  Sequence: Macule, then papule, then vesicle, then crust/scab

  When it becomes crust - becomes non-infectious
• Varicella

  DOC: Acyclovir - hastens acute stage
• Varicella

  Remember! Avoid Salicylates (ASA) = chicken pox + ASA = Reye's Syndrome