what does the chicken pox look like?

Question

my son is 1 years old and has a 103 temp with maybe 6-8 dots on his chest and back. they look like pimples...could this be the chicken pox...thanks for your help

i just called the doctor and with the fever and he had his 1 year old shots 9 days ago they feel it is the chicken pox..they told me to watch him..

Answer 1

red bumps

here's a link with a photo example:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html

Answer 2

Most children with chickenpox act sick with vague symptoms, such as a fever, headache, tummy ache, or loss of appetite, for a day or two before breaking out in the classic pox rash. These symptoms last 2 to 4 days after breaking out.

The average child develops 250 to 500 small, itchy, fluid-filled blisters over red spots on the skin (“dew drops on a rose petal”). The blisters often appear first on the face, trunk, or scalp and spread from there. Appearance of the small blisters on the scalp, found in 80% of cases, clinches the diagnosis. After a day or two, the blisters become cloudy and then scab. Meanwhile, new crops of blisters spring up in groups. The pox often appear in the mouth, in the vagina, and on the eyelids. Children with skin problems such as eczema may get more than 1,500 pox.

Most pox will not leave scars unless they become contaminated with bacteria from scratching.

Some children who have had the vaccine will still develop a mild case of chickenpox. They usually recover much quicker and only have a few pox (< 30). These often do not follow the classic descriptions of the disease. However, these mild, post-vaccine cases are contagious.

Answer 3

With a 103 degree fever, I would be taking the child to the doctor

Most likely chicken pox though

Answer 4

Chicken pox usually start on the torso and then move out to the rest of the body over the next few days. They do look like pimples (although they can get much bigger). It sounds like a good possibility that this is what your son has. Fall and spring are the big seasons for it so the timing is about right. Good luck to you, the next several days won't be fun. Ps. Cut his nails now before he starts to scratch.

Answer 5

That is what mine looked like at first when I got them as a kid. Go to the doctor. Has he been exposed?
Did he recently get the vaccine for chicken pox? If so, it sometimes cause fever and a small breakout.

Answer 6

yes, it sounds like chicken pox, poor thing, you will have to be extra patient the next days, he will get fussy and you know how annoying and itchy is the illness. I hope he gets better, of course he will be fine and is not the end of the world but I can imagine how you feel, we mommies will worry even if they are 20 yo.

Edited to say: do anything to keep him from scratching, it would leave scars and pimples can get infected, making it much worse.

Answer 7

i would ask his doctor. that's a pretty high temperature so be sure to cool him down and give him tylenol and motrin alternated to get the fever down until you can get him to his doctor. majority of the time children get the chicken pox a little older then what he is. there are also vaccines that babies get now to guard against them getting it at such a young age. my friend's daughter just went to the doctor this morning for those bumps because they were thinking chicken pox and it turns out it was symptoms of a strep infection. so you can never be sure so just check with his pediatrician! best of luck :)

Answer 8

Yes, it sounds like chicken pox, they usually start on the torso. If they spread, it's probably chicken pox. Give him tylenol and lots of fluids. Good luck! BTW he is contagious until all of the pox crust over and stop popping up.

Answer 9

i've never heard of a child that young getting chicken pox not to say it isn't possible especially if he attends daycare with older children. maybe a visit to the doctors office would be best let the doctor diagnose him

Answer 10

Pox look like tiny fluid filled blisters....one doctor described them as looking like a dewdrop on a rose petal...and thats how I remember mine.
Get your son to the hospital....not worth the risk of trying to diagnose him yourself.

Answer 11

Fevers with rashes need to be seen by a doctor, generally it means a bacterial infection, not a virus. Fevers and THEN a rash means a virus like roseola or so on.

Have it looked at.