Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
London Bridge is falling down ( in the bedroom)
The Bridge: Mummy and BB Leo
Monday, August 02, 2010
chickenpox blister
Chickenpox or chicken pox is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV).
Vaccine
A varicella vaccine was first developed by Michiaki Takahashi in 1974 derived from the Oka strain. Protection is not lifelong and further vaccination is necessary five years after the initial immunization.
The chickenpox vaccine is not part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule in the Singapore.
Chickenpox is rarely fatal, although it is generally more severe in adult males than in adult females or children. Pregnant women and those with a suppressed immune system are at highest risk of serious complications. Chicken pox is now believed to be the cause of one third of stroke cases in children. The most common late complication of chicken pox is shingles, caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus decades after the initial episode of chickenpox.
Shingles
After a chickenpox infection, the virus remains dormant in the body's nerve tissues. The immune system keeps the virus at bay, but later in life, usually as an adult, it can be reactivated and cause a different form of the virus called Shingles.
- Daddy Mike - checked ( decades ago)
- Celeste - checked (1mth ago)
- Paul - Checked ( 6 days ago)
- Mark - Pending
- Leo- pending
- Mummy me - pending
