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Varicella disease is more commonly known as chickenpox by most people. A quick description of the disease is that it is a virus of the herpes family. The symptoms are blister like skin rashes found on the face, scalp, and thorax of the body. Complications that can develop from the disease can become very serious. For adults and children over the age of 13 this can be more ruthless, pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, and bacterial contamination of the skin can occur. Distribution of the disease is multiplied by coughing or sneezing making the disease highly contagious. However, a simple vaccine can make this disease preventable.
Chickenpox is caused by a virus called varicella-zoster, which consequences break out in blister like irritation, exhaustion, and fever. First the blisters become visible on the chest and face of the body, but then multiply over the complete body of the victim producing about 250 to 500 uncomfortable sores on the body. Children under the age of......

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