antiviral<\/span> agent) in people older than 12 years, which reduces the number of days with fever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nImmunosuppressed patients with chickenpox need intravenous treatment with the antiviral acyclovir.<\/p>\n
In cases of involuntary exposure to the virus, varicella-zoster immunoglobulin, if administered within 96 hours after initial contact, may reduce the severity of the disease, but not prevent it. This is used where there is no history of chickenpox (or the patient has no antibodies<\/span> to varicella-zoster virus in blood tests) in pregnancy, in the first 28 days after delivery and in immunodeficient or immunosuppressed patients.<\/p>\n<\/span>How to prevent the spread of chickenpox<\/span><\/h2>\nA person with chickenpox is contagious 1\u20132 days before the rash appears and until all blisters have crusted over. This can take 5-10 days. Children should be kept away from school or daycare during this contagious period. Adults with chickenpox who work among children should also stay home.<\/p>\n
It may take 10 to 21 days after contact with an infected person for someone to develop chickenpox. This is the time it takes for the virus to replicate and erupt in the characteristic rash on the new host<\/span>.<\/p>\nBecause chickenpox can cause complications in immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, these people should avoid visiting friends or family when a case of chickenpox is known. In case of involuntary contact, consult your doctor, who can prescribe special preventive treatment.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Chickenpox vaccination<\/span><\/h2>\nThe vaccine is available for chickenpox and is highly recommended.<\/p>\n
Chickenpox is highly preventable by vaccination with the live attenuated chickenpox vaccine. The vaccine is subsidized (\u201cscheduled\u201d) for 15-month-old babies in New Zealand, as well as for non-immune individuals who are immunosuppressed<\/span> or are in other special groups. If you are in New Zealand, consult the Immunization Advisory Center for updated information.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la varicela? La varicela es un virus altamente contagioso infecci\u00f3n eso causa un agudo fiebre y ampollas erupci\u00f3n, principalmente en ni\u00f1os. El nombre puede derivarse del t\u00e9rmino franc\u00e9s…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6480","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","format-standard","category-glosario-definiciones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/6480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/6480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}