Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus. The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over. It usually starts on the chest, back, and face. It then spreads to the rest of the body. Other symptoms may include fever, tiredness, and headaches. Symptoms usually last five to seven days. The disease is often more severe in adults than in children.
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I-chickenpox yisifo esithathelwanayo esibangelwa i-varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Leli gciwane lidala i-chickenpox kubantu abangavikelekile (imvamisa ngesikhathi sokutheleleka kwabo kokuqala), futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kungaholela kuma-shingles lapho ivuselela. I-chickenpox ibanga ukuqubuka okulumayo namabhamuza amancane aqwebukayo, ngokuvamile aqala esifubeni, emhlane, nasebusweni ngaphambi kokusabalala. Kuhambisana nomkhuhlane, ukukhathala, umphimbo obuhlungu, nobuhlungu bekhanda, ngokuvamile okuthatha izinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kwezingu-7. Izinkinga zingase zihlanganise inyumoniya, ukuvuvukala kobuchopho, kanye nezifo zesikhumba ezibangelwa amagciwane, ikakhulukazi kubantu abadala kunasezingane. Izimpawu zivame ukuvela ezinsukwini ezingu-10 kuya kwezingu-21 ngemuva kokuchayeka, futhi isikhathi sokufukamela sivame ukuba amasonto amabili. Chickenpox or varicella is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The virus is responsible for chickenpox (usually primary infection in non-immune hosts) and herpes zoster or shingles (following reactivation of latent infection). Chickenpox results in a skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which scabs over. It typically starts on the chest, back, and face then spreads. It is accompanied by fever, fatigue, pharyngitis, and headaches which usually last five to seven days. Complications include pneumonia, brain inflammation, and bacterial skin infections. The disease is more severe in adults than in children. Symptoms begin ten to 21 days after exposure, but the average incubation period is about two weeks.
I-Chickenpox yisifo esidluliselwa ngomoya, esisakazeka kalula kusuka komunye siye komunye ngokukhwehlela noma ngokuthimula komuntu onalo gciwane. Isikhathi sokutheleleka (incubation) sivame ukuba izinsuku ezingu-10 kuya kwezi-21, ngemuva kwalokho kuvela ukuqubuka kwesikhumba. Amabhamuza angavela kusukela osukwini olulodwa kuya kwezimbili ngaphambi kokuba kuvele ukuqubuka, aze aqhubeke kuze kube yilapho wonke amabhamuza eqweqwe. Lesi sifo singasakazeka futhi ngokuthintana ngqo namabhamuza. Abantu abaningi baphathwa yile nkinga kuphela. Nakuba ukuphinda kutheleleke ngegciwane kwenzeka, ukuvuselelwa kwesifo ngokuvamile akubangeli izimpawu.
Kusukela kwethulwa ngo-1995, umgomo wokugoma i-varicella ubangele ukwehla kwenani lamacala kanye nezinkinga ezihambisana naso. Ukugonywa kwezingane okujwayelekile sekuyindlela evamile emazweni amaningi. Selokhu kwagonywa e-United States, inani leziguli lehla cishe ngo-90 %. Kulabo abasengozini eyengeziwe yezinkinga, imithi elwa namagciwane efana ne-Acyclovir iyacetyiswa.
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