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What are the symptoms of chicken pox? Are there any ways to prevent it? Please help.
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Symptoms are high grade fever, body pains, you will get rash, vesicles (water filled cyst) on your body. For prevention just avoid contact with patients of chickenpox.
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Chickenpox is characterised by pleomorphic rashes (means different type of rashes present at the same time). You will have fever, headache, throat pain, itching. Some cases it can cause pneumonia, encephalitis. Chickenpox can be prevented by taking vaccine which is available in india. Avoid contacts with infected persons. It spreads through droplet so patient should use mask.
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