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Chickenpox

Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Most cases are in children under age 15, but older children and adults can get it. It spreads very easily from one person to another.

The classic symptom of chickenpox is an uncomfortable, itchy rash. The rash turns into fluid-filled blisters and eventually into scabs. It usually shows up on the face, chest, and back and then spreads to the rest of the body. Other symptoms include:

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  1. Chickenpox (National Library of Medicine)  
    Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Most cases are in children under age ... one person to another. The classic symptom of chickenpox is an uncomfortable, itchy rash. The rash turns ...
  2. ... Regents of the University of Michigan; c1995-2023. Chicken Pox (Varicella); [updated 2022 Feb 9; cited 2023 Aug ...
  3. Chickenpox is a viral infection in which a person develops very itchy blisters all over the body. ... The illness is rare today because of the chickenpox vaccine .
  4. Immunizations and Asian Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)  
    Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health/Statistics and Research ... Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health ... Asian American Health/Statistics and Research
  5. Immunizations and Hispanic Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)  
    Hispanic American high risk adults are 20 percent less likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have ever received the pneumococcal vaccine. ... Latino and ...
  6. Shingles (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... VZV). This is the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you have chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. It may ... shingles from someone else. But you can catch chickenpox from someone with shingles if you have direct ...
  7. ... is taken in its entirety from the CDC Chickenpox Vaccine Information Statement (VIS): www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ ... Varicella vaccine can prevent varicella . Varicella , also called " chickenpox ," causes an itchy rash that usually lasts about ...
  8. Vaccine (Shot) for Chickenpox (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Chickenpox/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Chickenpox ... Parents, learn more about chickenpox and the vaccine that can prevent it. The chickenpox vaccine is safe ...
  9. Chickenpox (Nemours Foundation)  
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  10. Chickenpox (Nemours Foundation)  
    ... rash, blister, blisters, pox, pocks, chickenpocks, chicken pocks, chicken pox chickenpox, chicken-pox, chicken pox blisters, aloe vera, oatmeal baths, scratching ...
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