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.
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 ibangela ukuqubuka okulumayo namabhamuza amancane aqwebukayo, ngokuvamile aqala esifubeni, emhlane, nasebusweni ngaphambi kokusabalala. Kuhambisana nomkhuhlane, ukukhathala, umphimbo obuhlungu, nobuhlungu bekhanda, ngokuvamile obuthatha izinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisikhombisa. Izinkinga zingase zihlanganise inyumoniya, ukuvuvukala kobuchopho, kanye nezifo zesikhumba ezibangelwa amagciwane, ikakhulukazi kubantu abadala kunasezinganeni. Izimpawu zivame ukuvela ezinsukwini eziyishumi kuya kwezingu-21 ngemuva kokuchayeka, kanye nesikhathi sokufukamela esingamaviki 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 sisuka komunye siye komunye ngokukhwehlela kanye nokuthimula komuntu onaleli gciwane. Isikhathi se-incubation siyizinsuku eziyi-10 kuye kwezingama-21, emva kwalokho kuvela ukuqubuka kwesici. Kungase kusatshalaliswe kusukela osukwini olulodwa kuya kwezimbili ngaphambi kokuba kuvele ukuqubuka kuze kube yilapho yonke izilonda seziqweqwe. Kungase futhi kusakazeke ngokuthintana namabhamuza. Abantu ngokuvamile baphathwa yinkukhu kanye kuphela. Nakuba ukuphinda kutheleleke ngegciwane kwenzeka, lokhu kutheleleka kabusha ngokuvamile akubangeli zimpawu.
Kusukela yethulwa ngo-1995, umgomo we-varicella ubangele ukwehla kwenani lamacala kanye nezinkinga ezivela kulesi sifo. Ukugonywa kwezingane okujwayelekile kuyatuswa emazweni amaningi. Selokhu kwagonywa isibalo sezifo e-United States sehle cishe ngo-90%. Kulabo abasengcupheni eyengeziwe yezinkinga, imithi elwa namagciwane efana ne-aciclovir iyanconywa.
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