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Complications Of Disease
Your body is not fighting with chicken pox only since it is known to cause other health complications especially when varicella virus attacks other parts of your body. Its complications include:
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Blisters being affected by blisters
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Fatality
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Pneumonia
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Swelling of brain
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Streptococcal disease
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Skin’s bacterial infection
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Shingles
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Investigations
Research has shown that low grade fever accompanied by itchy skin rash aid doctors in determining chicken pox.
Some diseases are confused with chicken pox hence need for investigation by doctors in order to give the right medication. Such disorders include:
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Small pox
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Shingles/ Herpes Zoster
Doctors will investigate on presence of chicken pox by:
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Use of microscope to check on skin lesions scrapping
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Location of rashes
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Viral cultures
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