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A member asked:

My son got chicken pox last saturday they don't seem to be turning into blisters they seem all red. i have been told he can go back to school on 22may?

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Dr. Julie Abbott answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

I would return to: the Doctor for reassessment. The diagnosis is in question if no blisters are forming. Additional tests can confirm whether it is chicken pox/variella or not. It may be another viral illness with rash; perhaps not even an infectious disease. With correct diagnosis school recommendations can be given. The general recommendation is return to school when all spots are scabbed but if no blisters/scabs?

Answered 5/17/2017

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