Chickenpox history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Reddy Kothagadi M.B.B.S[2]

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Overview

Patient with chickenpox presents with the characteristic rash and numerous spread out of lesions. Symptoms usually starts as low-grade fever and skin manifestations appear by 1-2 days. Rash initially appears on the head, trunk and then spreads to the rest of the body with intense pruritus, headache, malaise, anorexia, cough, coryza, tiredness and loss of appetite.

Symptoms

The common presenting symptoms of varicella include:

Common symptoms

  • Infection usually starts as low-grade fever followed by skin manifestations after 1 to 2 days
  • Rash initially appears on the head, trunk and then spreads to the rest of the body in a centrifugal pattern, associated with intense itch.

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