They should not come into contact with other children or adults who have not had chickenpox until there are no more crops of new rash and all the rash has formed scabs. Paracetamol for fever Try to prevent secondary bacterial infection following scratching. Baby powder often helps reduce the itching. Antibiotics may be needed for [...]
The incubation period of chicken pox is long at 2 to 3 weeks. The child becomes pyrexial and feels generally unwell. Within hours the rash appears on the face, scalp, chest, back and abdomen. The rash starts as a pink macule (spot) which soon becomes a papule (palpable) and then a vesicle (with clear fluid) [...]
Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella zoster virus. Like measles, it is very infectious and transmitted from person to person by droplet spread. Chickenpox is most infectious at the time that the rash starts. Following chickenpox, the same virus may remain silent (dormant) in the body for many years before being reactivated to result in [...]
