This is a disease that is most often confused with small pox which is a much more serious affliction. Both take the form of blisters all over the body. Children are most vulnerable to it. However doctors can recognise the difference from the blisters. While small pox leaves scars chicken pox does not  and heals over a period of two to three weeks. With the availability of prevent vaccines chicken pox is less  of a threat these days although it has not been totally eradicated. Chicken pox happens once in a lifetime and seldom strikes againThe chicken pox infection spreads through contact with the respiratory droplets of an infected person, by the chicken pox virus, contact with the contents of the blisters or “pocks”, weak immunity etc. It is recognised by its red, itchy rash, blisters and other symptoms  are of a general nature –mild fever, headache, loss of appetite and so on.   It is believed that chicken pox heals itself over a few weeks and no special remedy is prescribed. There are home remedies, of course, mainly to relieve the itching. These include smearing honey, a baking soda and water combination or Vitamin E oil on the scabs.