Of all days and time in my life, NOW’s the time that the virus chose to go crazy! I’ve been feeling unwell for the past few days, I thought it was probably the weather and yea, maybe the weather had something to do with triggering the virus in me.

Good news, I’m having chickenpox! ARGH!

Why why whyyyyy, I’m doing my internship in KL can! This probably means KL is so bad till my chickenpox had to come out and attack me! 2 weeks of not going to work, in a way that might be a blessing in disguise. Now I get to go back to my hometown, after 2 months of not returning.

And with all do respect, please read up about chickenpox to understand my current condition.

“Chickenpox is an infection that causes an itchy, blistering rash and is very contagious, meaning it is spread easily from one person to another. It is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which enters the body through the mouth and nose after contact with an infected person.

A person with chickenpox can spread the disease to someone else from one day before the rash appears until all chickenpox blisters have crusted over. Once someone has had a chickenpox infection, he or she almost always develops a lifelong immunity, meaning that person usually does not get chickenpox a second time. The exception is a child who is infected at a very young age. Young children usually have milder cases and may not build up enough protection against the disease. Therefore, these children may develop the disease again later in life.

Because chickenpox is so contagious, 90 percent of a patient’s family also will develop the illness if they live in the same house and are not already immune. In the past, chickenpox cases often occurred in groups (epidemics), usually during the late winter and early spring. However, the number of cases of chickenpox has dropped dramatically because of the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, which was licensed in 1995 and is recommended for all children.

Chickenpox is an uncomfortable infection that, in most cases, goes away by itself. However, chickenpox also has been associated with serious complications, including death. About one of every 100 children infected with chickenpox will develop a severe lung infection (pneumonia), an infection of the brain (encephalitis), or a problem with the liver. Dangerous skin infections also can occur. Before the introduction of the vaccine, about 100,000 people were hospitalized and 100 people in the United States died each year of chickenpox, most of them previously healthy children. Adolescents and adults who develop chickenpox are also at high risk of developing serious complications.

After a person has chickenpox, the virus typically lives silently in the nervous system of the body for the rest of a person’s life. It may reactivate (come to life again) at any time when the body’s immune defenses are weakened by stress or illness (such as cancer or HIV infection) or by medications that weaken the immune system. The most common reason for the virus to reactivate is getting older. Reactivation of the virus causes a condition called shingles, a painful blistering skin rash that typically occurs on the face, chest or back, in the same area where one or two of the body’s sensory nerves travel.“

I’m going home tomorrow! Gonna be out cold for 2 weeks. Dang. Red dots are popping all over my body, OMG! And it’s not itchy yet, wait till it comes. Oh dear. I feel evil whenever I’m around people, because chicken pox is contagious. Heh!

Hugo Lim you better accompany me with the chicken pox! You evil person you! )

♥ Wendy