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Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts. Chickenpox is caused by a...
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Causes
In a typical scenario, a young child is covered in pox and out of school for a week. The first half of the week the chi...
Tests
Chickenpox is usually diagnosed from the classic rash and the child's medical history. Blood tests, and tests of the po...
Treatments
In most cases, it is enough to keep children comfortable while their own bodies fight the illness. Oatmeal baths in luk...
Alternative Therapies
Alternative practitioners seek to lessen the discomfort and fever caused by chickenpox. Alternative treatment. Like oth...
Risk Factors
- Contact With Infected Person
- Exposure to Infected Bodily Secretions
- not being immunized against chicken p...
Complications
Women who get chickenpox during pregnancy are at risk for congenital infection of the fetus; Newborns are at risk for s...
Prevention
Because chickenpox is airborne and very contagious before the rash appears, it is difficult to avoid. It is possible to...
Doctor Specialties
Call your health care provider if you think that your child has chickenpox or if your child is over 12 months of age an...
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