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Sep 5, 1500
Discovered
Giovanni Filippo discovers chickenpox in Italy. -
Myths
Myhts include: "Don't eat dark foods or it will leave scars!" and "Don't bathe or wash your hair or you will recontract the disease!" Neither of these statements are true. You can still eat anything you want and are encouraged to bathe (oatmeal baths soothe itching). -
False Claims
In the 1600's physician Richard Morton claimed that Chickenpox was a milder form of Smallpox. -
Pathogen
Varicella is disovered -
Different from Smallpox
ArticleUp until the 1700's many believed that Chickenpox was another form of Smallpox. William Heberden said that Chickenpox was not related to Smallpox in the 1700's. -
Named Varicella zoster
Weller proposed the named of virus -
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Deathrate Down
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Deaths caused by Chickenpox are down 97% since the use of the varicella vaccine in 1995. -
Superstitions
Article"Don't look in the mirror or the rashes will spread faster!" This statement is completely false. The rash will spread at the same rate. -
outbreak in india
BERHAMPUR: The vector-borne disease of chicken pox has been spreading among the inmates of a government-run residential school in Kandhamal district. At least 19 inmates, aged 6 to 12 years, in the residential school at Daberi in Daringibadi block, have been infected with the disease. There are 131 inmates in the hostel at present. -
Largest outbreak
A county in the western part of Indiana is the site of the nation's largest current chickenpox outbreak, according to news reports. Vigo County has seen 84 cases of the varicella-zoster virus -- marked by itchy blisters on the body, fever, stomach ache and headache -- since September, the Terra Haute Tribune-Star reported. -
Causes
Varicella is the virus that causes chickenpox -
Treatment
Calamine lotion and oatmeal baths.
