A member asked:

Chicken pox 20th day. most pox have scab over leaving white spots and some are itchy. why is it so?

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Sweat: Any scabbed over area becomes itchy when the salt in your sweat comes in contact with it. The white spots reflect a lack of normal pigment in newly healing skin.

Answered 7/9/2014

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