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Chicken Pox
Chicken pox is a very contagious viral disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year approximately 5000 to 9000 hospitalizations and 100 deaths in the United States result from chicken pox. Normally a mild disease of childhood (it affects 4 million U.S. children each year), chicken pox may be severe in infants, adults, and people with impaired immune systems.
How Chicken Pox is Spread
Symptoms
Complications of Chicken Pox
Prevention
Self-Care
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| Normal chicken pox symptoms, including rash, fever, and itching |
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| Chicken pox symptoms with significant redness, watering, and burning of the eyes |
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| Suspicion that several sores are infected (excessive drainage and tenderness of the sore) |
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| Stiff neck and very bad headache, difficulty breathing |
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