For how long should a child with chicken pox be quarantined?
Patient: My 5 year old has had chicken pox for 5/6 days now.  He has had it pretty mild (he had it as a baby too); he has had a very mild fever and he has been his 'usual happy self' throughout.  Most of the spots have now scabbed up, but he has 2 spots on his scalp with yellow heads (they do not look like they are about to burst; more like they are drying up).  Is he okay to return to school yet?  Thank you in advance for your time. Doctor: HiThanks for your query at HCM.I would like to tell you that the child of chicken pox remains infectious till there are scabbing present. Till scabbing is present do not send the child to school.T he AAP recommends excluding affected children from school until the sixth day of rash.Take careHope I answered your queryDr Sheetal Verma