Concerts of my children

Dear Doctor, Hello my question is that is it posssible for a child to have the chickin pox more the four. of course i know that if you don't build up imnunity system to this virous it is possilbe but i have noticed that there maybe another reasoning for this contion i have notice that when  my children spend to much time in the hot tub they break out and the doctor's keeep saying that it is the chicken pox anyway is there a any other condition for this if spend to much time in the tub or if the tub isn't treated the right way ? Thank you Denise

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

Denise:

You can only get chickenpox once.  Your kids may be getting a pimply eruption, perhaps blocked pores from hot water.  This generally doesn't mean much, and goes away on its own.  But it's not a virus over and over again, whatever it is.  May be you should ask another doctor what he or she thinks.

Best.

Dr. Rockoff