When is a child most contagious when they have chicken pox? name your source, pl!
Question: A person is most contagious under 2 circumstances: when there is fever (over 100 degrees) and as long as the pox lesions continue to blister and crust-over, he is contagious. When the last one has crusted over, no longer contagious. The fluid inside the little blisters is highly concentrated with the virus.
Answers: A person is most contagious under 2 circumstances: when there is fever (over 100 degrees) and as long as the pox lesions continue to blister and crust-over, he is contagious. When the last one has crusted over, no longer contagious. The fluid inside the little blisters is highly concentrated with the virus.
Children are contagious from two days before symptoms appear until all spots have scabbed over and dried up (and no new spots are appearing).
From 2 days before the rash until 5 days after.
I am so surprised to hear this. They have a vaccine for this and way would anyone want to take a chance with this. If your child has not had chicken pox then they can get it anytime at any age but the older they get the more dangers it is.
If they have chicken pox, there contagious the whole time probably. I think they still are for a few days when they get over it.