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To: KittenClaws

“Unless the attack is chicken pox or polio or T.B..... “

Chicken pox is a completely different issue than polio or T.B.

It’s silly for you to put that one in there.


10 posted on 11/16/2008 6:35:34 PM PST by webstersII
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To: webstersII
Chicken pox is a completely different issue than polio or T.B.

It’s silly for you to put that one in there

Living in the Century after a vaccine has been found, that can easily be said. But Chicken pox can, and has been a serious disease

http://dermatology.about.com/cs/chickenpox/a/chickencomp.htm

Chickenpox is typically a benign, self-limited disease, but serious complications can arise. About 14,000 people are hospitalized because of chicken pox and approximately 100 people die of chickenpox every year. The risk of complications is highest in people with compromised immune systems, newborns, and adults.

http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/natural-treatments-for-chickenpox-rashes.html?ysmchn=MSN&ysmcpn=MSN+Main&ysmgrp=Chikkie+Spot+Soother&ysmtrm=chicken+pox&ysmtac=PPC#question5

What complications can occur during chickenpox?

People with a high risk of complications from chickenpox such as pregnant women, newborn infants or those with weakened immune systems need immediate medical attention if exposed or develop chickenpox. They may be prescribed antiviral drugs such as acyclovir or intravenous immune globulin (IGIV).

Other complications that may result from chickenpox include bacterial infections of the skin, pneumonia or inflammation of the brain (encephalitis). If you have had chickenpox as a child, there is a likelihood of developing shingles (when some of the varicella-zoster virus remains in the nerve cells and reactivates and surfaces as shingles).

Chickenpox can also cause serious complications during pregnancy. When the infection occurs early in the pregnancy or just before the birth, a number of problems such as low birth weight, fetal abnormalities such as limb abnormalities, neurological damage and scarring of the internal organs can develop.


30 posted on 11/17/2008 9:32:05 AM PST by KittenClaws
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