Can a child catch chicken pox twice?
Chickenpox is a common and highly infectious disease caused by the Herpes varicella virus. After an incubation period of 14 to 21 days the illness starts with fever and generally feeling unwell. Younger children may skip this stage and start with a rash. Older children and adults tend to be more unwell with high fever, flu like symptoms, headache, backache and sore throat, before the rash appears. The rash typically starts as a crop of red patches which within hours become red lumps and then blisters. These crust over after three to four days. In mild cases the whole illness may consist of just a few spots, usually crops of spots, blisters and crusting spots all at different stages appear in different parts of the body. The trunk is most commonly involved, also the face, upper arms and legs and scalp are often involved. Blisters can also involve the lining of the mouth and throat, eyes and genitals. Immunity after chickenpox is usually lifelong and it is rare for second attacks to occu
