Chickenpox warning: Avoid using this medication or risk serious skin infection
CHICKENPOX is a common condition that mostly affects babies and children, although adults can get it too. Some parents may consider ibuprofen to reduce symptoms, but doctors warn using the anti-inflammatory drug to treat the condition can have adverse effects. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kentucky students lose appeal in chickenpox vaccination case
About two dozen Catholic school students and parents in Kentucky have lost their initial appeal in challenging a health department's efforts to control a chickenpox outbreak (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The 'worst hand, foot and mouth disease doctors have EVER seen'
Emma Reavley, 41, first noticed red spots on her two-year-old daughter Emily's neck on April 25. Doctors at Hemel Hempstead's Urgent Care Centre diagnosed the rash as 'chickenpox'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Want to know why many doctors argue that all children should get a chickenpox jab? Read Alex's story
Alex Roantree-Roesch, from Gosport, Hampshire suffered a stroke aged seven. He could no longer talk or eat unaided. His mother Angela, 43, said 'it was like having a newborn baby again.' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chickenpox vaccine may reduce risk of shingles for kids
Children who have been vaccinated for chickenpox have a 78 percent lower risk of developing shingles than unvaccinated children, according to research. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chickenpox Vaccine Shields Against Shingles Too
Kids who were vaccinated against chickenpox had a 78% lower risk of developing shingles, the researchers said. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chickenpox Vaccine Shields Kids From Shingles, Too
MONDAY, June 10, 2019 -- Shingles isn ' t usually considered a kids ' disease, but children can get this painful condition. Fortunately, the chickenpox vaccine can also protect them against it, a new study finds. " The virus that causes chickenpox also... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 10, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Chickenpox Vaccine Shields Kids From Shingles, Too
Title: Chickenpox Vaccine Shields Kids From Shingles, TooCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/10/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - June 10, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Chickenpox Vaccine May Protect Against Shingles Years Later
Children vaccinated against chickenpox had a 78 percent lower rate of shingles than their unvaccinated peers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Shingles (Disease) Chicken Pox Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Every baby in the UK could get the chickenpox vaccine
Londoner Sarah Westcott, 44, right, had her youngest son Gabriel, now three, immunised after her 14-year-old daughter Bridy, left, suffered badly with chickenpox as a young girl. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A student sued because he didn't want the chickenpox vaccine. Then he got chickenpox
Two months after going to court over a chickenpox policy, an unvaccinated teen came down with the illness, his lawyer said Wednesday. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Teen Who Refused Chickenpox Vaccine Now Has Disease
A Kentucky teen who was banned from school for refusing vaccination against chickenpox has come down with the disease, his lawyer says. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Potentially Blinding Shingles of the Eye on the Rise
THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 -- The virus that gave you chickenpox as a kid can rise again after decades of inactivity and inflict a painful, even blinding, eye infection in old age.
New research reveals that cases of eye-based " shingles " have tripled... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
An unvaccinated teen who sued over school ban got chickenpox. His dad says that’s a good thing.
Being exposed to chickenpox naturally is "the best thing to do" to become immune, his father says. Health officials disagree. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Brice-Saddler Source Type: news
Anti-vaxx Kentucky teen who sued his school for barring him from classes now has chickenpox
Jerome Kunkel, an unvaccinated 18-year-old senior at a Catholic school in Walton, sued his school (to no avail) after he was banned amid a chickenpox outbreak. Now he has chickenpox. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
