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Is The Fever And Chills The Symptom Of Recurrence Of Chicken Pox?

my 3 and half year old son is recovering from chicken pox.....he was infected two weeks back....now the blisters are dry and started sheding..but now he had developed fever with chills(rigors). is it a symptom of recurrence... what precautions i have to follow...what medication has to be given?.. many thanx.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello
As ,once chicken pox , there develop life long immunity and never recurs .
But your son is having fever with chills and rigor ,so may be due to these possibilities , these include:
1 Malaria , diagnosis can be confirmed by peripheral blood slide for malarial parasite .
2 Urinary tract infection , get in urine examination.
3 Upper respiratory infection , as this is common after chicken pox , so physical examination by a paediatrician is important.
However, there are so many other reason of such fever like secondary infection in blister as this is also common.
So in my opinion , consult a paediatrician and get his opinion.
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Is The Fever And Chills The Symptom Of Recurrence Of Chicken Pox?

Hello As ,once chicken pox , there develop life long immunity and never recurs . But your son is having fever with chills and rigor ,so may be due to these possibilities , these include: 1 Malaria , diagnosis can be confirmed by peripheral blood slide for malarial parasite . 2 Urinary tract infection , get in urine examination. 3 Upper respiratory infection , as this is common after chicken pox , so physical examination by a paediatrician is important. However, there are so many other reason of such fever like secondary infection in blister as this is also common. So in my opinion , consult a paediatrician and get his opinion.