Varicella

Hi all !!

For the past three weeks (from 6th May) I was sick due to Chicken pox. It is caused by a virus called Varicella Zoster. When you have chicken pox you have many red colour spots all over your body. It’s very strong and sometimes not so much. Also it’s very itchy, but if you scratch the spots you could have marks in that place when it falls down. It’s usually common for kids under 12 years. The chicken pox is very contagious. If you are with someone who hadn’t had this virus they could also have it in some days. Appa told me that if it comes in the adult age it’s stronger and you suffer more and also that only 1 out of 1000 people gets this virus infection twice.
It is believed that the Europeans (Spanish) brought viruses and diseases to America. Some time ago in the United States they would invite the other kids to the house of the kid with chicken pox and they called this as Chicken Pox Party. All kids played together because they wanted that all the kids had chicken pox at the same time to develop immunity and this would make that there aren’t any problems later.I haven’t been to school for 3 weeks. It’s kind of boring. In Mexico people don’t care if there is a person with this virus in the house they would go with them and speak. My friends Katy and Nasty along with their mother, and Samy and Alan with their parents visited and talked to me. They all except Dra. Ana had chicken pox earlier. But amma told me that in India it’s completely different and that people are kept segregated.

I am happy that I will be going to school again