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Do chicken pox starts from legs and back ?????????
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Torso usually: Usually they start on the warmer parts of the body-torso, and then spread outward. Shingles can start on the back and go down one leg
Answered 1/23/2017
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Chickenpox: Chicken pox start on face and trunk then spread to distal extremities.
Answered 1/23/2017
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