Symptoms Of Chickenpox Health Feed

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Most children with chickenpox have the following symptoms before the rash appears:
Fever
Headache
Stomach ache
The chickenpox rash occurs about 10 to 21 days after coming into contact with someone who had the disease. The average child develops 250 to 500 small, itchy, fluid-filled blisters over red spots on the skin.
The blisters are usually first seen on the face, middle of the body, or scalp.
After a day or two, the blisters become cloudy and then scab....more

It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (vzv), chickenpox is very contagious.
It causes fever, headache, sore throat, or stomachache. It is followed by itchy blisters.
Chicken pox takes 7-10 days to recover. Take adequate rest. Apply calamine lotion locally. Drink plenty of liquids. Take bath with cool or lukewarm water. Take over-the-counter medicine for itching or fever.
Hope this answer helps you.

Its unlikely that you will get it if you were immunized or got in childhood.
Still your roommate need to be left alone in some isolated clean place until all his crusts or scabs are dried precautions-
frequent hand wash
mask
hygienic healthy diet.

Fever with body pain and joint pain are few symptoms of dengue.
Fever with pustular rash over the body are few symptoms of chicken pox and Migrane- It is characterised by one sided headache which is pulsatile in nature and with a throbbing pain usually with an aura

And Apart from taking symptomatic treatment Eat nutritious food and have adequate fluid intake and take physical rest

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Chickenpox (varicella), a viral illness characterised by a very itchy red rash, is one of the most common infectious diseases of childhood. It is usually mild in children but there is a risk of serious complications.
Chickenpox is extremely contagious. Keep your child at home until all of the blisters have burst and crusted over.
Most cases of chickenpox require little or no treatment beyond treating the symptoms.

Fever with pustular rash over the body are few symptoms of chicken pox and it's a self limiting disease and we have to treat it symptomatically and Eat nutritious food and have adequate fluid intake and take physical rest

an infectious disease causing a mild fever and a rash of itchy inflamed pimples which turn to blisters and then loose scabs. It is caused by the herpes zoster virus and mainly affects children.Chickenpox appears as a very itchy rash that spreads from the torso to the neck, face, and limbs. Lasting seven to 10 days, the rash progresses from red bumps to fluid-filled blisters (vesicles) that drain and scab over.