Did you contract chicken pox as a child? I know I did. It was a basic thing to do in childhood. Adults were worried about you if you didn’t get it when you were little. They said it was much worse to get it as an adult. I remember that it itched and made icky red spots on my skin that I was repeatedly reminded not to scratch. I don’t remember being all that miserable, I don’t remember it lasting Continue Reading…
March 6, 2008To those of you who’ve been asking {ahem…Kimbrah…}, yes, I really do intend to carry on with the Childhood Illnesses Up Close series. I took some time off, I suppose, because I was tired of researching disease. If you are interested, you can read about tetanus, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, and HIB {which is really the cause of some cases of pneumonia, meningitis, and other illnesses}. Upcoming in the next month or so will be chicken pox, measles, mumps, and rubella. Continue Reading…
February 27, 2008Does anyone read the Wall Street Journal? We read it when my dad brings it over. Yesterday, he brought us the opinion page because it contained a small article, Vaccines and Autism, by Dr. Ari Brown. Dr. Brown is attempting to combat some of the ideas and assertions put forth by actress Jenny McCarthy in her book Louder Than Words. McCarthy’s son has been diagnosed with autism. I find it pertinent to mention that I have not read McCarthy’s book, Continue Reading…
October 29, 2007I took leave of this series for a while because, honestly, a person can only talk about disease for so long. However, I decided that, for my own educational purposes, if nothing else, I really do want to continue on to the end. Since I already covered diphtheria and pertussis, it seems logical to finish up with tetanus as that is the third and final component of the DTaP or DTP injections. There is also a DT shot for people Continue Reading…
September 1, 2007
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