During that night I had some fever with sweats and hot and cold flashes. When I woke up on Saturday, I had a few more spots on my face, some of them were red and some were pustules, as if I was suffering from a bad acne breakout. None of them were itchy.
My throat was still feeling sore.
It didn't cross my mind that this was chicken pox. I thought I was experiencing an allergic reaction to something I had eaten or that my liver was a bit congested. I thoroughly exfoliated my skin and had a nice and long hot bath with sea salt.
The first spots normally appear behind the ears, on the face, over the scalp, on the chest and belly, and on the arms and legs.
These spots develop a blister on top (some are red spots that develop into what looks like a raindrop; others are pustular) and can become intensely itchy after about 12-14 hours. Itchiness never developed in my case. I wonder if the fact that I exfoliated my skin and having a bath with sea salt helped. I've read that sea salt in water acts through osmosis. Osmosis happens when there is a solution imbalance (in this case salt) between two liquids with a permeable barrier (in this case our skin). It's not usual to experience a non-itchy chicken pox, so I thought this was quite a plausible explanation.
Note: Apparently a hot bath with sea salt during the first two days helps to bring out the rashes, accelerating the process. If you only have one spot, and you want to make sure it's the chicken pox, soak in a hot bath with salts for 30-45 minutes. If it's the chicken pox more spots will appear after the bath.
Unfortunately, the spots can be anywhere on the body, even in your most intimate parts. You should seek medical assistance if a blister starts growing inside an eyelid, which can be a problem.
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