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Chickenpox symptoms start between ten and 21 days after exposure, but usually around two weeks. The disease is most contagious a day before the rash appears and up to seven days after, or until the rash forms scabs. So altogether you have the chickenpox illness for two to four weeks.

After recovery, the chickenpox virus remains in your body for life. It can cause shingles later, a different form of disease caused by varicella zoster virus.

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