In the 'Childhood' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about childhood chicken pox:
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Have you ever had chicken pox?
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"Don't know" |
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"Definitely not" |
Not having chicken pox in childhood |
A risk factor |
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"Yes" |
Chicken pox in childhood |
A risk factor |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
GLOSSARY
Chicken Pox
An acute, highly infectious illness, principally of young children, caused by the chicken pox-herpes zoster virus and marked by fever and successive eruptions of clear blisters over the body. Chicken pox may enter latency in the deep nerve ganglia and reactivate years later in the form of herpes zoster.
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
A severe infection caused by the Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV), affecting mainly adults. It causes painful skin blisters that follow the underlying route of brain or spinal nerves infected by the virus. Also know as herpes zoster.
Last updated: May 10, 2007
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