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Chicken Pox, Scabs Dropping Off. Any Restrictions To Abide By?
My children age 4 and 9 got chicken pox 10 days ago. I too (age 39) got it. We are now just waiting for the scabs to drop off and plan to be back in circulation (school) in 3 days. Are there any dietary restrictions at this stage. SO far we have maintained a light, vegetarian diet but being non-veg , we are missing eating our regular eggs and chicken. Pls advice
Tue, 13 Aug 2013
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
There is no dietary restriction in chickenpox. You are unnecessarily imposing a restriction on yourself.
I suggest that your children and you should attend school/work only after all the scabs have fallen as they are infectious till they are dry and fall off.
I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.
Wishing you and your children all the best.
Regards,
Rajiv K Khandelwal
http://goo.gl/SuCjl
Thank you for your query.
There is no dietary restriction in chickenpox. You are unnecessarily imposing a restriction on yourself.
I suggest that your children and you should attend school/work only after all the scabs have fallen as they are infectious till they are dry and fall off.
I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.
Wishing you and your children all the best.
Regards,
Rajiv K Khandelwal
http://goo.gl/SuCjl
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