The Allergy Epidemic

[kandrathe]

Chickenpox is nasty for adults. My brother-in-law managed to catch it from my older children. He had been assured by his mother that he had had it in childhood, so he came over to visit when they had it. Memory can fail - she was recalling his two brothers, and his father confirmed that later. He had chickenpox on every square inch of his body (think about it :ph34r:) including his mouth and throat.

My wife had Chickenpox in her mid 20's. She went to the doctor quickly, and they prescribed Acyclovir which is used to manage Herpes outbreaks and evidently minimizes the symptoms of Chickenpox in adults. She ended up only getting a mild case because of her early intervention.