Bathe frequently and keep your hands clean to avoid infecting the lesions. To prevent scarring, do not pick off the scabs. Treatment with the prescription medicine, Acyclovir, may help end the disease earlier. It should be started as early as possible in the disease process to be effective. A. Complications of chicken pox can include infection of lesions due to scratching.
Pneumonia can be a complication also.
Sometimes there may be lesions in the throat which can cause swelling and difficulty breathing. The complications are much more severe as you get older. There is a new chicken pox vaccine that immunizes people against the varicella virus. The chicken pox vaccine is made with a live but weakened form of the varicella virus. For people over the age of 13, this vaccine is given in 2 separate injections, one month apart.