Transcript Assignment 3

Student Health Problems
Health Education Standard 3b
Presented by:
Michelle Montemayor
Molly Tor
Terrie West
Eileen Zuniga
Health Education Standard 3b:
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Teachers will know and
understand:
Common chronic and
communicable
diseases of children
and adolescents from
both a prevention and
management
perspective.
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Teachers will be able
to:
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Identify symptoms of
communicable
diseases common in
children and youth and
describe appropriate
actions when these
symptoms are
observed.
Today we will discuss:
Chickenpox
Which picture shows Chickenpox???
What is Chickenpox?
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Chickenpox, a rash
illness caused by a
virus, is one of the most
common infectious
diseases of childhood.
Chickenpox
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It takes 2-3 weeks
(commonly 13-17 days)
after being exposed to
develop symptoms of
chickenpox. The
infected person is
contagious 1-2 days
before appearance of
the rash until 5 days
after the first vesicles
appear.
Signs of chickenpox appear in the
following order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mild fever with cold-like symptoms.
Rash (red spots), mostly on trunk or covered
areas of the body.
Fluid-filled blisters (vesicles).
Crusts / scabs.
What causes it?
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Chickenpox is caused by the herpes zoster
virus, also known as the varicella-zoster
virus (VZV).
How is it spread?
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Chickenpox is spread by droplets from a
sneeze or cough, or by direct contact with the
clothing or oozing vesicles of an infected
person.
Chickenpox is very contagious, and 90% of
people who are not immune will catch it when
they are exposed.
Epidemics are most common in the late
winter and early spring, and children between
ages 5 and 9 account for half of all cases.
To Prevent Spread…
Exclude infected person from
school or daycare for 5 days
after the first vesicles appear.
Practice good hand washing.
Cover mouth when sneezing or
coughing and dispose of tissue
promptly.
To Prevent Spread (continued)
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Remind students to get
VACCINATED!!!
NOTE: Adolescents 13 years of age or older and adults who
have not received the vaccine or have not already contracted
chickenpox should also be vaccinated.
Why should people be vaccinated?
In 1995, a vaccine against chickenpox
became available in the United States for
the first time.
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The chickenpox vaccine helps people
develop their own antibodies against
the virus.
The vaccine prevents illness in 70% to
90% of those who receive it. Those
who do develop the chickenpox after
vaccination have much milder
symptoms with fewer skin blisters.
Patient Comfort
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Here we should discuss notification protocols,
isolation methods instead…???