Chicken Pox Guide: Symptoms, Stages and Treatment

Chicken pox in adults and babies progresses through distinct stages of rash and itching. Recognizing the difference between flea bites and chicken pox is essential for providing the correct treatment.

Girl with chickenpox, antiseptic cream applied to the rash

A Rash Like Chickenpox

Published Feb,20 2018 | By Heather Gloria

Similar rashes can occur with shingles, smallpox, herpes simplex virus type 1 or 2, coxsackie virus, echovirus and rickettsialpox. Doctors use certain features of the rash to distinguish a rash like chickenpox from a rash actually caused by chickenpox.

How to Treat Chicken Pox in Adults

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Heather Gloria

According to University of Alabama Medical School Professor Richard Whitely in the 2008 edition of “Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine,” chicken pox strikes 90 percent of people before the age of 15.

Young woman with a towel around her head brushing her teeth

What Are the Treatments for Chicken Pox in the Mouth?

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Heather Gloria

Chicken pox is the common name for the disease that results from infection with the varicella-zoster virus. This condition causes a blistering skin rash that can affect the mucous membranes in the mouth.

Heather Gloria began writing professionally in 1990. Her work has appeared in several professional and peer-reviewed publications including "Nutrition in Clinical Practice." Gloria earned both a Bachelor of Science in food science and human nutrition from the University of Illinois. She also maintains the "registered dietitian" credential and her professional interests include therapeutic nutrition, preventive medicine and women's health.