A four-year-old with a history of cold symptoms for two days visits the doctor. On examination, the doctor notices "dewdrops on a rose petal" lesions over the child's back. From what is the child suffering? What are the potential long-term consequences of this infection?
What will be an ideal response?
The child has a typical case of chickenpox. This virus can become latent within sensory nerves and remain dormant for years. In about 15% of patients who have chickenpox, stress, aging, or immune suppression causes, the virus to travel down the nerves they inhabit and produce an extremely painful rash near the distal end of the nerve, known as shingles or herpes zoster.
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