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Health Encyclopedia: Shingles And Chickenpox (Varicella Zoster Virus) Risk Factors

Risk Factors

The varicella-zoster virus is responsible for both chickenpox and herpes zoster, but its method of infection is different in both diseases.

Both the active varicella and zoster form of the virus can cause chickenpox.
The shingles virus in its latent (inactive) form is never infectious.

Catching Chickenpox. Most people get chickenpox from exposure to other people with chickenpox. It is most often spread through sneezing, coughing, and breathing. It is so contagious that few nonimmunized ...

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Expert & Community Posts

New Federal Website Can Provide Assistance in Selecting a Nursing Home

By Dorian Martin , Health Expert

...utilizes measures of the percent of residents who have bed sores after being in the facility for... Read more »

Engage With Grace - My Mother's Wishes

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...Loss of mobility can increase risk of pneumonia and bed sores. Repeated use of corticosteroids... Read more »

"Learning by Living" Provides Medical Students with a Window to Nursing Homes

By Dorian Martin , Health Expert

...condition received. They are bathed, checked for bed sores, assisted in toileting, and given... Read more »

Hip Fracture: Don’t Go There.

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...flat on your back in the hospital, contemplating bed sores, pneumonia, hip replacement surgery,... Read more »

What If Insurers Stop Paying for Hospitals' Mistakes?

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...of a patient. They also will not pay for treating bed sores, effects of falls and some other... Read more »

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Angina Treatment Patient Guide- Enhanced External Counterpulsation

What is enhanced external counterpulsation?Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) is a treatment for angina (also called angina pectoris), or chest pain. Angina occurs when the muscle cells of ... Read more »

Vasectomy and Vasovasostomy: Complications

Vasectomy is a low-risk procedure, and the complications, which occur in about 10% of patients, are usually easy to control. One study of no-scalpel vasectomy, for example, reported only... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Lifestyle Changes

Many studies have shown that exercise is the most effective component in managing fibromyalgia, and patients must expect to take part in a long-term exercise program. Physical... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Treatment

Treatment for sleep apnea depends on the severity of the problem. Given data on the long-term complications of sleep apnea, it is important for patients to treat the problem as they would... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis

It is very difficult to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome. Even experts do not have a clear definition of what chronic fatigue actually is or what mechanisms in the brain or nervous system... Read more »

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