Thus, quarantining does little good to keep the illness from spreading, although the bumps are contagious until they crust over.
Illness varies from almost no symptoms except the rash to high fevers and feeling quite ill.
You should be evaluated in Health Services if you think you have chicken pox, particularly if you have a cough or trouble breathing. Chicken pox is the least dangerous of all the childhood illnesses unless you have a significant underlying problem with your immune system. You will either scar or not scar, depending on your body's interaction with the virus. Scratching can cause a bacterial infection, however, and it is thus better not to. Antihistamines may help you sleep at night since they are sedating, but they don't decrease itching directly.