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Is chickenpox contagious? Does my child need to see a doctor? How can I reduce the chance my child will get chickenpox? What other precautions can I take? How should I care for my child at home? How serious is chickenpox?
Related information on Australian websites What is chickenpox? Through the sneeze and cough droplets of an infected person which travel through the air. Immunisation will also help prevent your child from catching shingles when they get older. Read more Immunisation and vaccinations for your child Immunisation is a simple, safe and effective way of protecting children agaist certain diseases.
Read more Immunisation and vaccinations for your child. Back To Top. Chickenpox in children and teenagers Raising Children Network Chickenpox appears as red spots that turn into blisters. To provide you with the most relevant and helpful information and to understand which information is beneficial, we may combine your e-mail and website usage information with other information we have about you. If we combine this information with your PHI, we will treat all of that information as PHI, and will only use or disclose that information as set forth in our notice of privacy practices.
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A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. See more conditions. Request Appointment. If you get chickenpox immediately before or right after birth 5 days before birth to 2 days after birth , your baby may have an increased risk for a serious infection called neonatal varicella.
This infection can be life-threatening, but treatment is helping more babies survive. If you have a preterm birth , your newborn may be at higher risk of complications from chickenpox.
Preterm birth is birth that happens before 37 weeks of pregnancy. The varicella vaccine can protect you from chickenpox. In fact, this vaccine prevents more than 3. But the vaccine is not safe to get during pregnancy. You get the vaccine in two doses. In the meantime, stay away from anyone who has chickenpox or shingles.
Your provider can treat you with medicine that has chickenpox antibodies. Antibodies help the body fight infections. And tell your provider if you come in contact with a person who has shingles. Your provider can decide if you need treatment to help prevent you from getting infected. Your provider can tell you if you have chickenpox by doing a physical exam. If you get chickenpox during pregnancy, your provider may give you an antiviral medicine such as acyclovir or valacyclovir.
An antiviral is a medicine to treat infections caused by viruses. These medicines are safe to use during pregnancy. They work best when given within 24 hours of the chickenpox rash appearing.
If you have chickenpox and develop signs or symptoms of pneumonia, your provider may want you to stay in the hospital and be treated with acyclovir through an IV through a needle into a vein. The medicine can help prevent chickenpox in your baby or make it less dangerous. If your baby gets chickenpox in the 2 weeks after birth, your baby may also be treated with antiviral medicine.
If a vaccinated person gets chickenpox, they can still spread it to others. The disease is caused by the varicella-zoster virus VZV.
This is a form of the herpes virus. It can be spread from person to person by contact with an infected person's rash.
And it can spread through the air by a cough or sneeze. Chickenpox is contagious 1 to 2 days before the rash shows up until the blisters have dried and become scabs. Once a person is exposed to the virus, chickenpox may take up to 14 to 16 days to show up.
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