Chickenpox

Question 1

cause

Answer 1

varicella

Question 2

what happens once the chickenpox infection is destroyed?

Answer 2

the virus establishes latency in a sensory nerve root

Question 3

presentation

Answer 3

childhood (usually)
rash (macules to papules to vesicles to scab)
fever
itch

Question 4

complications

Answer 4

bacterial infection
penumonitis (varicella pneumonia)
haemorrhagic
scarring
encephalitis

Question 5

what increases the risk of severe chickenpox

Answer 5

immunosuppression

extremes of age

Question 6

how can a neonate develop chickenpox?

Answer 6

infected mother during late pregnancy

Question 7

management

Answer 7

self-limited

vaccine

Question 8

how to prevent neonatal varicella

Answer 8

varicella zoster immune globulin

acyclovir

Question 9

vaccine type in chickenpox

Answer 9

live attenuated