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- From: jgnassi@athena.mit.edu (John Angelo Gnassi)
- Subject: Re: Chicken Pox
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.150225.11910@athena.mit.edu>
- Keywords: chickenpox, adult
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:02:25 GMT
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- In article <19313@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> fzjaffe@othello.ucdavis.edu (Rory Jaffe) writes:
- >was worth it). Our pediatrician does not recommend it for healthy
- >children, but does prescribe it for adolescents and adults (I guess
- >because they tend to get more severe symptoms and are more likely to
- >scar). Other than that, don't take aspirin! (chicken pox + aspirin
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- Chickenpox in adults is a serious disease, with an increased risk
- of encephalitis and pneumonia, both of which have a significant
- mortality risk. I don't know that acyclovir reduces these risks
- in adults, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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