Chickenpox, chickenpox vaccination, and shingles

Chickenpox and shingles infection

www.pjonline.com For personal use only. Not to be reproduced without permission of the editor ([email protected]) Coinuing prossional deelopm nt Identify knowledge gaps 1. What are the possible complications of chickenpox? 2. What should a pregnant woman with no history of chickenpox do if she comes into contact with the varicella zoster virus? 3. What is postherpetic neuralgia and how ...

Chickenpox vaccination

Varicella is a common viral disease affecting almost the entire birth cohort. Some cases of varicella can be serious, with 2-6% of complications. The hospitalization rate for varicella in Europe ranges from 1.3 to 4.5 per 100,000 population/year and up to 10.1% of hospitalized patients report permanent or possible permanent sequelae. In countries where routine childhood vaccination against vari...

Chickenpox vaccination, not chickenpox, should be routine for Canadian children.

Chickenpox chorioretinitis.

Chickenpox infection in an adult was complicated by peripheral chorioretinitis and treated with oral acyclovir. Similarities of this case to the recently proposed mild type of acute retinal necrosis syndrome are discussed.

Thrombocytopenic purpura and chickenpox.

Examination of the bone marrow in thrombocytopenic purpura shows two main patterns: the megakaryocytes are either deficient or else present in normal or even increased numbers. The former group results from depression of the marrow as by poisoning or mechanical displacement of the cells themselves by foreign tissue in leukaemia, infiltration with malignant cells, replacement with bone or fibrou...