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Most children with chickenpox act sick
with vague symptoms, such as a fever, headache, tummy ache, or loss
of appetite, for a day or two before breaking out in the classic pox
rash. These symptoms last 2 to 4 days after breaking out.
The average child develops 250 to 500 small, itchy, fluid-filled
blisters over red spots on the skin (dew drops on a rose petal). The
blisters often appear first on the face, trunk, or scalp and spread
from there. After a day or two, the blisters become cloudy and then
scab. Meanwhile, new crops of blisters spring up in groups. The pox
often appear in the mouth, in the vagina, and on the eyelids.
Children with skin problems, such as eczema, may get more than 1,500
pox.
Most pox will not leave scars unless they become contaminated with
bacteria from scratching.
Some children who have had the vaccine will still develop a mild
case of chickenpox. They usually recover much quicker and only have
a few pox. These often do not follow the classic descriptions of the
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