Chickenpox is not just another rash

Give you child paracetemol so he can sleep off and rest to alleviate symptoms of fever, irritation and itching. — Positive Parenting

Smallpox, chickenpox, cowpox, and monkeypox are all “pox” diseases, referring to skin infections with eruptive sores.

But chickenpox is different from the others caused by orthopoxviruses; it is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which only infects humans.