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A member asked:
All my chicken pox were dried up and crusted. but i removed the others and still pinkish and did not wait for it to remove by itself. i'm i still contagious?
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Chicken pox: "A person with chickenpox can spread the disease from 1 to 2 days before they get the rash until all their chickenpox blisters have formed scabs (usually 5-7 days)." REF: https://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/transmission.html
Answered 9/8/2017
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