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Is It Possible To Get Chicken Pox Blisters Only On Fingers?

Is it possible to have chicken pox blisters only on your fingers and the soles of your feet, and them not be itchy? My daughter reported having small spots on her fingers a couple of days ago, that were tender to the touch. Then the soles of her feet were sore. The finger spots grew larger and more pronounced, and this afternoon some of the spots look more like blister burns, and her feet are showing similar spots. A couple of the spots on her hands now have a whitish center. They have never itched, but she was taking over the counter allergy medicine until 2 days ago. She stayed home from school on Monday afternoon and Tuesday because of cold-type symptoms - tired and lethargic, sore muscles and throat, hot flashes and chills. She was taking Dayquill and Nyquill. Chicken-pox has been going around our schools. She has NO spots anywhere else - just fingers/palms and soles of feet. No changes in laundry soap or diet.
Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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Hello,
welcome to HCM,

Chickenpox is a highly communicable disease during 1-2 days before the appearance of rash and 4-5 days thereafter. After which virus tends to die out and looses the capacity to transmit disease to normal individuals.

The scabbing usually begins 4-7 days after the rash and completed by 30 days. During the scabbing period patient will be sterile and will not transmit disease to others.

As your friend is having confirmed case of chickenpox, it is highly infectious and spread by droplet infection and droplet nuclei. During the period of communicability you should not be exposed to your friend.

I would suggest you to isolate your friend and prevent exposing to him directly and prevent exposure to the infectious agent.
Thank you.
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Is It Possible To Get Chicken Pox Blisters Only On Fingers?

Hello, welcome to HCM, Chickenpox is a highly communicable disease during 1-2 days before the appearance of rash and 4-5 days thereafter. After which virus tends to die out and looses the capacity to transmit disease to normal individuals. The scabbing usually begins 4-7 days after the rash and completed by 30 days. During the scabbing period patient will be sterile and will not transmit disease to others. As your friend is having confirmed case of chickenpox, it is highly infectious and spread by droplet infection and droplet nuclei. During the period of communicability you should not be exposed to your friend. I would suggest you to isolate your friend and prevent exposing to him directly and prevent exposure to the infectious agent. Thank you.