Chickenpox history and symptoms

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.
• Lesions present in different stages of healing in affected sites.
• The lead to the diagnosis would be a history suggestive of exposure to an infected individual between the incubation period of 10-21 days.