Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If
- Your child looks or acts very sick
- Area of red, tender skin or red streak
- Very painful swelling or very swollen face
- Speckled red rash
- Difficult to awaken, confused (delirious), trouble walking or stiff neck
- Breathing is difficult
- Bleeding into the chickenpox
- Fever above 105° F (40.6° C)
- Age under 1 month old
- Vomiting 3 or more times
- Eye pain or constant blinking
- Chronic disease that causes decreased immunity (e.g., cancer)
- Taking oral or inhaled steroids (e.g., asthma) within past 2 weeks
- Chronic skin condition (e.g., eczema)
- hronic lung disease (e.g., cystic fibrosis)
