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What is the difference between chicken pox and molluscum contagiousm?
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The pattern: The varicella rash comes up as individual blisters in waves around the body for about a week.They start with redness,from which a small bump arises,forms a clear blister that ruptures and begins to dry all over a 24 hr period.Molluscum comes up as individual bumps in localized patches.They come up as a firm bump that can have a depression in the top and stay for months.
Answered 12/13/2020
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