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The Independent General Practice - Chickenpox (Varivax) & Shingles (Zostavax) Vaccine
The IGP was the first Private GP Practice in Wales to be Registered with the HIW (Health Inspectorate Wales).
Chicken Pox
Chickenpox (also called varicella) is a common childhood disease. It is usually mild, but it can be serious, especially in young infants and adults.
The chickenpox virus can be spread from person to person through the air, or by contact with fluid from chickenpox blisters.
It causes a rash, itching, fever, and tiredness.
It can lead to severe skin infection, scars, pneumonia, brain damage, or death.
A person who has had chickenpox can get a painful rash called shingles years later.
About 12,000 people are hospitalized for chickenpox each year in the United States.
About 100 people die each year in the United States as a result of chickenpox.
Most people who get chickenpox vaccine will not get chickenpox. But, if someone who has been vaccinated does get chickenpox, it is usually very mild. They will have fewer spots, are less likely to have a fever, and will recover faster.
Shingles
The Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) produces two separate conditions known Chicken Pox (Varicella) and Shingles (Herpes Zoster). Shingles (Herpes Zoster) is the manifestation of the Varicella-Zoster virus, which remains latent within the body following Chicken Pox and reactivates later on in life. Therefore, only people who have had chicken pox can develop shingles and shingles cannot be caught from someone with chicken pox.
A major risk factor for both the severity of shingles is age. Immunity begins to drop more sharply from 50 years of age and relates to the decrease of specific cellular immunity to the varicella-zoster virus.
1 in four Adults will develop Shingles in their lifetime (If they have had Chicken Pox).
Shingles mainly occurs in the eldely.
The risk of developing shingles approximately doubles every decade after the age of 50.
It is not possible to contract shingles from contact with a case of chickenpox.
It is possible for a susceptible person to contract chickenpox from a case of shingles by transmission of virus from lesions.
For more information please contact us on 03456 252 252 or visit - www.shinglesaware.co.uk
Registered With The Health Inspectorate Wales
