Chickenpox

Chickenpox is a common and 1... illness. It is 2... by a virus and is 3... by coughing and sneezing. Once caught, the 4... will

stay in the body and can "reappear later as shingles. It takes fourteen to sixteen days after 5... the illness for the rash to 6.... The day before the 7... appears your child may feel 8..., and have a slight 9....Small, itchy red 10... appear over the chest and 11... and spread to the face and the rest of the body. Within a few hours these develop into 12... blisters, which then dry. into scabs and 13....They don't usually leave a scar unless the spots are 14... infected or your child scratches them. Your child is infec­tious—and so can give the 15.. to someone else—from the day before the rash appears until all the spots are 16....

1. watery 2. illness 3. appear 4. drop off 5. infectious 6. badly