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Chickenpox Photos

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A boy's back showing signs of chickenpox.
A boy's back showing signs of chickenpox.

A boy with chickenpox.

Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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A girl being treated at the hospital with skin lesions on her back due to chickenpox.

A girl treated at the New York - Presbyterian Hospital with skin lesions on her back due to chickenpox.

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Left foot of elderly man showing spots and dark toenail due to chickenpox.

Left foot of elderly man with chickenpox.

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A profile of an elderly man with chickenpox.

Elderly man with chickenpox.

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A Brazilian Arawete Indian man's face covered in chickenpox.

Arawete Indian man of Brazil with chickenpox.

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An alternate view of a Brazilian Arawete Indian man's face covered in chickenpox.

Alternate view of an Arawete Indian man of Brazil with chickenpox.

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A young child in a hospital bed with his back showing hemorrhagic chickenpox.

Hemorrhagic chickenpox.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

An alternate view of a young child in a hospital bed with his back showing hemorrhagic chickenpox.

Alternate view of hemorrhagic chickenpox.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

Close-up of chickenpox lesions on the skin.

Chickenpox lesions on the skin.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

An open mouth showing chickenpox on the roof of their mouth.

Chickenpox in the mouth.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

A 30-year-old female with acute chickenpox infection on her face and neck.

A 30-year-old female with acute chickenpox infection on her face and neck.

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A 30-year-old female with acute chickenpox infection on her back.

A 30-year-old female with acute chickenpox infection on her back.

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Chickenpox lesions on the torso of four-year-old child sitting on the edge of a bed on day 5 of his illness.

Chickenpox lesions on the torso of four-year-old child, day 5 of illness.

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A child's hand showing chickenpox lesions on their palm and wrist.

Chickenpox lesions on palm and wrist.

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Close-up of a girl's face showing secondary skin infection due to chickenpox on her right cheek.

A girl with secondary skin infection due to chickenpox.

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Transmission electron micrograph of varicella-zoster virions from vesicle fluid of patient with chickenpox.

Transmission electron micrograph of varicella-zoster virions from vesicle fluid of patient with chickenpox.

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An infant's face with bandaging over one eye, showing necrotizing fasciitis, a complication of chickenpox (varicella).

Infant with necrotizing fasciitis, a complication of chickenpox (varicella).

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©️ Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

A 9-year-old girl's head and shoulders showing developed Staphylococcus aureus infection of her varicella lesions.

A 9-year-old girl who developed Staphylococcus aureus infection of her varicella lesions.

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© Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

A child's chest showing superinfected varicella lesions.

A child with superinfected varicella lesions.

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

A young boy with chickenpox (varicella) with recent group A streptococcal pharyngitis.

Chickenpox (varicella) in a child with recent group A streptococcal pharyngitis.

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An adolescent female's shoulder and chest with chickenpox (varicella) lesions at various stages.

Adolescent female with chickenpox (varicella) lesions in various stages.

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

A bedridden, elderly man with chickenpox.

A bedridden, elderly man with chickenpox.

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Close-up of the left shoulder region of an elderly man with chickenpox.

Left shoulder region of an elderly man with chickenpox.

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The right lateral knee region of ab elderly man with chickenpox.

Right lateral knee region of elderly man with chickenpox.

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A child in bed on his stomach, showing severe bullous chickenpox.

Chickenpox, bullous.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

A young boy laying on his back in bed showing hemorrhagic chickenpox on his chest.

Chickenpox, hemorrhagic.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

Alternate view of a child in bed on his stomach, showing severe bullous chickenpox.

Alternate view of chickenpox, hemorrhagic.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

A toddler with bullous chickenpox on the face and upper body.

Bullous chickenpox.

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©️ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

Chickenpox lesions on the chest of a young boy on day 5 of the illness.

Chickenpox lesions on chest on day 5 of the illness.

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A man's back showing many pocks present.

Many pocks present on a patient's back.

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A man's left shoulder and upper chest showing typical day 8 chickenpox, with most scabs having fallen off.

Patient with chickenpox demonstrating the typical rash on day eight. Notice that most scabs have fallen off.

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The face of a chickenpox patient on day 5.

Face of a patient with chickenpox, fifth day.

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Face of a 3-month-old boy on the second day of chickenpox rash.

Face of a 3-month-old boy on the second day of chickenpox rash.

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Electron micrograph of the chickenpox (varicella) virus.

Electron micrograph of the chickenpox (varicella) virus.

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An infant in a doctor's arms showing facial chickenpox lesions.

Infant with facial varicella lesions.

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© Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

The back side of a young child with chickenpox all over the back, legs, and buttocks.

A young child with chickenpox.

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© Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

A 10-year-old boy in bed, showing his chickenpox across his torso.

Ten-year-old boy with varicella.

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© Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

An infant with tubes and patches coming to and from his body.

Infant with chickenpox being monitored in the hospital.

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© Dr. Barbara Watson, American Academy of Pediatrics

Bullous chickenpox (varicella) on the skin of a young child.

Bullous chickenpox (varicella).

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

The torso of a child with chickenpox lesions scattered across his torso, neck, arms, and upper legs.

Child with varicella lesions, frontal view.

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

The open mouth of a child with chickenpox lesions on their palate.

Child with chickenpox (varicella) lesions on the palate.

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

a young girl having her eye examined due to varicella with scleral lesions and bulbar conjunctivitis.

Chickenpox (varicella) with scleral lesions and bulbar conjunctivitis.

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An adolescent female's back showing varicella lesions in various stages.

An adolescent female with varicella lesions in various stages.

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©️ American Academy of Pediatrics

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