Jan 21, 2009 17:42
Hm.
I suppose it's too late to prevent an outbreak, given both the nature of chickenpox and the close quarters we all live in, but that's no reason to be blasé about it. Those of us who've had it previously and those who haven't alike. It is possible (though rare) to catch it more than once.
It's most contagious in the week before symptoms show and has an incubation period of up to 20 days which makes it likely that the majority of Discedo is already infected.
If at all possible, I'd recommend keeping all adults who haven't had it before away from the infected, especially.
There's no treatment for chickenpox to the best of my knowledge, some of you from the future or other worlds may have developed something... so I'm afraid you'll all just have to try tough it out until it goes away on it's own. Try not to scratch, otherwise that can leave you open to a host of other infections and some pretty nasty scars.
Once the blisters have stopped forming and you're left only with scabs, that's the all clear from your body.
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doctor in the house,
水疱瘡,
alphabetical order ruins my tags,
viruses are what she knows,
serious business,
surgery not so much