Question 1

how can  it feel like to have chicken pox?

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Sick: You feel itchiness when the new vesicles are evolving; pain, when they ruptured,  febrile and sick overall from the virus.

Question 2

what do chicken pox look like in a baby?

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See below: Chickepox rash always start on the trunk first then spread to arms and legs.  3-4 different shapes of rash present at same time, e.g., red spot, blister, red raised bump, and crust.

Question 3

what does chicken pox looks like on skin?

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See below: Chickepox rash always start on the trunk first then spread to arms and legs.  3-4 different shapes of rash present at same time, e.g., red spot, blister, red raised bump, and crust.

Question 4

how to remove chicken pox-like marks on face?

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Consult derm or surg: Crater scarring is common in chickenpox. Filling, mechanical dermabrasion (planning), or surgical removal/suturing are most common treatments.  All scarring is permanent, but these help reduce visual noticeability.

Question 5

what does the chicken pox look like . picture please?

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See below: Chickepox rash always start on the trunk first then spread to arms and legs.  3-4 different shapes of rash present at same time, e.g., red spot, blister, red raised bump, and crust.

Question 6

what do the symptoms of chicken pox look like, in a child who has been vaccinated twice?

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Chickenpox sypmtoms: It is very rare for a child who has had 2 doses of the varicella vaccine to still contract chickenpox. The infection is usually a lot milder, no symptoms may appear and there could just be a few blisters (resembles the appearance of a dew drop on a leaf) - with or without the itch.

Question 7

can you get coxsackie again if you had it as a child? or is it a once and done like chicken pox?

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Yes: there are many strains of coxsackievirus, the more well known one is "hand-foot-mouth disease" which is typically B19.  But it is possible for different strains to produce similar clinical picture.  The answer is yes.

Question 8

my 3 year got chickenpox. would like to know, even though i had chicken pox as a child, can i still be a carrier and still infect people around me?

Accepted Answer

If the virus: re-activates as shingles, there is a chance you could infect someone who hasn't been vaccinated, or has never had chickenpox, with chickenpox

Question 9

rashes like chicken pox

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See your doctor: This is one of those problems where a visit to your doctor is necessary to figure out what's going on.  Only after a thorough evaluation, including examination and possibly labs and other tests, can your doctor correctly diagnose you and treat you effectively.

Question 10

what does chicken pox look like?

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Bumps, blisters: Chicken pox typically starts as small red bumps which then turn into small, fluid filled blisters (vesicles) and then crust over. Typically new crops of bumps show up as the older ones are crusting. Children are contagious until all the spots have crusted.

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