The UK Health Security Agency has shared advice for parents who have children that may have had chickenpox recently.

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“It usually takes one to three weeks for symptoms to appear after someone is exposed to the virus. These include fever and tiredness, a red, itchy skin rash that turns into small blisters, headaches ...

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Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

Thanks to its hallmark rash, which is characterized by red to brownish bumps that blister, leak fluid, and scab over ... of the varicella-zoster virus, the same culprit behind chicken pox ...

If you had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in your nerve cells ... The rash comes in the form of blisters that will ...