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What to do if i have chicken pox, a really bad case actually. i was wondering, how long do they stay itchy for?

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Dr. Natalie Hodge answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

2 weeks: Two weeks would be typical. Watch out late in the course of this illness for a pox with an overlying area of redness that is expanding, hot and tender to touch with fever. This can signal a secondary infection, one of the dangerous complications of chickenpox.

Dr Munshower and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 11/27/2014

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