Chickenpox is a standard rash that principally impacts youngsters however anybody can get it at any age.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has now advisable that the UK authorities ought to introduce a chickenpox vaccine on the NHS for all youngsters.

The committee mentioned the jab ought to be given to kids in two doses when they’re aged 12 months and 18 months.

Information from different international locations suggests the vaccine (also called the varicella jab) will forestall most extreme circumstances in youngsters and assist “make chickenpox an issue of the previous”, consultants mentioned.

Chickenpox often goes away by itself with no need to see a GP inside one to 2 weeks, based on the NHS.

However apart from the dreaded spots and limitless itching, are there another signs?

What are the signs of chickenpox?

Chickenpox tends to emerge on the physique in three phases however new spots can seem whereas others have gotten blisters or forming a scab, studies the NHS.

Stage 1 – small spots seem

The spots can:

• be anyplace on the physique, together with contained in the mouth and across the genitals, which will be painful
• unfold or keep in a small space
• be pink, pink, darker or the identical color as surrounding pores and skin, relying in your pores and skin tone
• be tougher to see on brown and black pores and skin

Stage 2 – the spots grow to be blisters

The spots fill with fluid and grow to be blisters that are very itchy and will burst.

Stage 3 – the blisters grow to be scabs

The spots type a scab, some grow to be flaky whereas others leak fluid.

Did you will have chickenpox as a baby or did you by no means catch it? (Picture: Getty)

Beneficial studying:

Other than spots, blisters and scabs, there are additionally different signs to be careful for earlier than or after the rash, which embrace:

• a excessive temperature
• aches and pains, and usually feeling unwell
• lack of urge for food

If in case you have any issues about somebody who has chickenpox together with your self, you need to contact your GP.

You may also discover out extra details about chickenpox together with how you can deal with it on the NHS web site.