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The symptoms and signs of chicken pox usually appear within two to
three weeks after exposure to the virus and typically begin with fever,
headache, and fatigue. The classic chicken pox rash starts as red spots
on the face, chest, back, buttocks, and, less commonly, arms and legs. The
spots quickly turn into blisters that break, ooze fluid, and then crust over.
The pox often pop up in groups over a period of four or five days. The
number of blisters varies from very few to hundreds. The rash ranges from
mildly to severely itchy.
The first symptoms of shingles are local areas of intense tingling, burning,
itching, or severe pain, usually on one side of the face or body (people
suffering from impairment of the immune system may developed more
generalized shingles covering larger areas of the body). A rash or fluidfilled
blisters on reddened skin appears next. The rash follows the path of
the inflamed nerve tissue and looks like a streak or a band. Before the rash
develops the pain of shingles is easily confused with other conditions. The
rash can last two to three weeks before healing and scabbing over. Shingles
pain usually subsides when the rash disappears, but it may last much longer,
with one in five people developing post-herpetic neuralgia.
Uncommon symptoms of shingles include:

• Chills
  
• Fever
  
• Headache
  
• Nausea*
  
• Stomach pain
  
• Diarrhea*