Chickenpox is a common and highly infectious ... headache, backache and sore throat, before the rash appears. The rash typically starts as a crop of red patches which within hours become red ...

Uh-oh, is that just a harmless rash… or something more? One moment, your little one is happily playing, and the next, they’re scratching like there’s no tomorrow. Could it be chickenpox?

These include cold sores (herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)), genital ulcers (HSV-2), and shingles, caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV), the same virus responsible for chicken pox.