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Chicken pox
My 4 month old son is infected with chicken pox, rashes all over the baby, tis is 7 the day of spot ,started drying off,but he is having fever for past 2 days of 100-101 giving him p125 6 hrly , is fever is common in late phase of chicken pox r I should get a Dr consultation.
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Dr. Nirav V. Patel
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Ahmedabad
If after 7 days of chickenpox fever reappears that is because of 2 main possibilities:
1st infected lesions
2nd secondary bacterial infection due to low immunity during chickenpox attack.
Need local pediatrician review & few blood investigations.
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