The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-06-06
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While Not Dangerous. 1t Is High
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Quenlly cnicken-pox is complicated %
some other infectious disease. but
This. however, is more Of q coincsd-
ence than : true complication
Another reason for exercising
special care il chicken-pox cases
and this is the most important reason
Of al from the standpoint OF CON-
mgnity Teltare,-is the fact that the
disease is highly contagious, and
when the children Of a family, or
school or a neIgh0orhOOd have been
once exposed 10 IL, scarcely any child
who has no. had the disease escapes
| con-agion.
Usually Confined to Children.
The disease is usually communicate
ed in the ordinary intercourse OF
children in the family, the school or
/ the Fairgrounds. While grown PEG
pie are not entirely immune, II Is
/ usually confined to children. The
poison is eliminated not only through
surface CT the body and the crusls
broken from the eruption, but even
in the air which the person breathes.
| Il is believed by physicians that it
can enter the body By way OF the
/ respiratory passages. Direct con-
tact, therefore, is not necessary, the
infection being communicated 10 some
| little distance by the air; it can also
/ be carried more remotely by persons
who DO not contrac. the disease
| themselves, but who transmit it 10
persons who are more susceptible.
The importance Of isolation and
sanitary precautions. in the light Oh
/ the diseases highly contagious ma
ture, becomes Immediately manifest.
| Isolation should be practiced, and the
quarantine should be prolonged until
| the last crusts are thrown OF. Dis
infection of the person, clothing and
apartment is desirable TO minimize
the danger of spreading the disease.
These measures, and the treatment
| of the disease, should be carried out
under the dti ection Of a physician
chcken-Pox Symptoms.
Chicken-pox is ordinary, an easy
| disease to diagnose. 1t develops in
from ten to sixteen days after. ex-
posure. The first indication is usually
the APPEARANCE Of small, bright red
spots, y hich rapidly develop into
water blisters called vesicles. They
vary in size,( the largest being about
| the diameter of a split pea. There
yesicles are on the surface of the skin
and do not go deep. Usually there is
no suppuration or pus. The disease Is
often accompanied by slight fever.
Surrounding each vesicle is narrow
bright red ring called an aerolla. They
come out in crops on the body: some
| times on the face and scalp; and oc-
casionally even in the mucous mem
brane of the mouth. The blisters
seldom go on to pustulation, but
rapidly dry up after the fluid in them
becomes opaque. In addition to slight
feverishpess there may be loss Of ap-
petite, aching feeling, and catarrhal
Inflammation The duration of the
attack is variable Three or four
weeks is usually the extreme limit
before the separation of the last
crusts Relapses do not occur I'm
munity from future attacks is prac-
ticaIly permanent.
But it must be understood that
chicken-pox has no relation whatever |
to smallpox, and the fact that a pa
tient has had one OF them before, new
er protects from the other.
The medical name of chicken-pox |
is varicella. It was once regarded as |
a greatly modified and mild form of |
smallpox. but it is now known as |