TALK ABOUT

CHICKENPOX
AN INFECTION CAUSED BY THE VARICELLA-ZOSTER

VIRUS
SIGNS
RASH THROUGH THREE PHASES:
1. RAISED PINK OR RED BUMPS
(PAPULES)
2. SMALL FLUID-FILLED BLISTERS
(VESICLES)
3. CRUSTSAND SCABS

IN SEVERE CASES, THE RASH CAN

COVER THE ENTIRE BODY

SYMPTOMS AND

RISK FACTORS
APPEAR 1-2 DAYS BEFORE THE RASH
FEVER
LOSS OF APPETITE
HEADACHE
TIREDNESS AND A GENERAL FEELING OF
BEING UNWELL(MALAISE)

RISK FACTOR #1 RISK FACTOR #2 RISK FACTOR #3

NOT RECEIVED VARICELLA PEOPLE WHO WORK AGE: THE ADULTS MAY
VACCINE IN CHILD CARE OR HAVE MORE SEVERE
SCHOOL SETTINGS TO DISEASE.
BE VACCINATED.

SHINGLES
COMPLICATIONS
•BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN, SOFT TISSUES,
IT´S A COMPLICATION. BONES, JOINTS OR BLOODSTREAM (SEPSIS)
THE VARICELLA ZOSTER •DEHYDRATION
VIRUS REMAINS IN YOUR •PNEUMONIA
NERVE CELLS AFTER THE •INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN (ENCEPHALITIS)
SKIN INFECTION HAS •TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME
HEALED, THE VIRUS CAN •REYE'S SYNDROME IN CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
REACTIVATE AND WHO TAKE ASPIRIN DURING CHICKENPOX
RESURFACE AS •DEATH
SHINGLES.

THE RISK FACTORS FOR

THIS ARE:
AGE: OLDER ADULTS
PEPPLE WHO HAVE
WEAKENED INMMUNE
SYSTEMS

VACCINATION AND

PREVENTION
THERE ARE TWO THERE ARE TWO FOR
VACCINES FOR ADULTS PREVENTION IN CHILD
ACCORDING THEIR AGE: APLY IN 12 MOTH OLDER:

1. ZOSTAVAX: AGE 60 1. VARIVAX (VAR)

2. SHINGRIX: AGE 50 2. PROQUAD (MMRV)