Chickenpox synonyms

Patients with widespread eczema can also develop severe chickenpox.

However, as of 2004, it is too early to determine whether vaccinated children are more or less likely to develop shingles in adulthood as compared with adults who were naturally infected with chickenpox as children.

Fluid from shingles blisters can cause chickenpox in people who are not already immune.

Most of us have had chickenpox, most of us have had herpes simplex 1 or 2 or both.

Study results reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that more than 90 percent of American adults are immune to the chickenpox virus.