What a sad story! Nobody can imagine that someone can actually die from chicken pox! People take these kind of illnesses very lightly sometimes, let's hope this story make us take more seriousness on it.
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A 37-year-old man from Britain has died after catching chickenpox - a common virus that mostly affects children. Geraint Hughes had been sick for a week after contracting the virus, but doctors warned his wife that chickenpox can be serious for adults - but is rarely fatal. However Geraint, who had an 18-month-old baby, died after developing complications. "Nobody can believe what has happened really," said Martin Dickinson, who was best man at Geraint's wedding five years ago. "Everybody is in shock and heartbroken and devastated by the news. He was a great guy and very down to earth... |