| Chicken Pox is caused by the varicella-zoster | | | | Chicken Pox spreads quickly through schools and |
| virus. It starts with moderate fever and then | | | | other places of close contact. Once someone has |
| characteristic spots appearing in two or three | | | | been infected with the disease, they usually |
| waves, mainly on the body and head rather than | | | | develop protective immunity for life. It is fairly |
| the hands and becoming itchy raw pox (pocks), | | | | rare to get the Chicken Pox multiple times, but it |
| small open sores which heal mostly without | | | | is possible for people with irregular immune |
| scarring. | | | | systems. As the disease is more severe if |
| Chicken Pox has a two-week incubation period | | | | contracted by an adult, parents have been known |
| and is highly contagious by air transmission two | | | | to ensure their children become infected before |
| days before symptoms appear. Therefore, | | | | adulthood. |