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Chickenpox is spread from person to person. It can be by directly touching the blisters, saliva, or mucus of an infected person. It can also be spread through the air by one coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is common in children younger than ten years old.

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Chickenpox can be treated by an antiviral drug which is used to reduce the virus' ability to replicate and/or an antihistamine which helps reduce/stop allergic reactions. There are also calamine lotions that can be used to reduce the itching.

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The best way to prevent chickenpox is to get the chickenpox vaccine. Adults and children should be given two doses of the vaccine if they have never had chickenpox.

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Symptoms of chickenpox include: fever, feeling tired, headache, a skin rash that is very itchy and looks like many small blisters, bumps filled with liquid that looks like milky water, skin that looks blotchy, etc.

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Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV).