Precis 3: Chicken Pox

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• seeming (adj) - appearing to be something, especially when this is not actually true [= apparent], eg. a seeming piece of good luck, which later led to all kinds of trouble. A seeming advantage
• a scab - a hard layer of dried blood that forms over a cut or wound while it is getting better, eg. As the clot starts to get hard and dries out, a scab forms. The job of scab is to protect the cut by keeping germs and other stuff out and giving the skin cells underneath a chance to heal.
• to scab over -[for a wound] to form a scab.  eg.The wound soon scabbed over and the injury was well on its way to healing. I hope this shaving cut scabs over before I have to leave for work. 
• a crust
  1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell.
  2. A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. eg. The whole body is crusted over with ice. The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed.          
• contagious(adj)                                                                                      
  1. a disease that is contagious can be passed from person to person by touch
  2. a person who is contagious has a disease that can be passed to another person by touch. eg. The patient is still highly contagious.3. if a feeling, attitude, or action is contagious, other people are quickly affected by it and begin to have it or do it. eg.her contagious enthusiasm 
• a calamine lotion- a pink liquid that you put on sore, itchy or sunburned skin to make it less painful. Calamine is a mixture of zinc oxide (ZnO) with about 0.5% iron(III) oxide (Fe₂O₃). It is the main ingredient in calamine lotion and is used as an antipruritic (anti-itching agent) to treat mild pruritic conditions such as sunburn, eczema, rashes, poison ivy, chickenpox, and insect bites and stings.
• a lukewarm  - 1. food, liquid etc that is lukewarm is slightly warm and often not as hot or cold as it should be [= tepid]. eg.She sipped some lukewarm coffee from her mug. 2. not showing much interest or excitement. eg.His idea got only a lukewarm response from the committee. 

  Chicken Pox is not dangerous disease, mostly among the children, caused by a virus, developing a rash made of  itchy blisters. It may be accompanied with runny nose, cough and high fever, which should be brought down by antipyretic medicines, but if kids are the patients, they should not be given aspirin. Sometimes a stomach ache might also be present. These are the first symptoms of the illness. In the next few days, the first spots appears, mostly in face and chest area, then they spread over entire body, changing they look to blisters filled up with fluid. In another day or two they burst and begin to crust over. The blisters usually appears within 3-7 days and it takes 10-14 days for them to be scabbed over and then the sick person is no longer contagious. Chicken Pox is most contagious during the first days, usually 1-2 days before the rash shows up. The rash might be very itchy, but it is not supposed to be scratched, because it may cause the scars on the skin or even the skin infection . A a cool, wet wash-cloth would work over the itchy areas. Applying calamine lotion and bathing in water with oatmeal is also recommended to sooth itching.The illness is over when all the blisters have scabs. Having been through Chicken Pox once, guaranties the immunity for the rest of life. There is a chickenpox vaccine available. Children who get vaccinated , might still get sick, but the symptoms will be milder.