Prevention and treatment of chickenpox

Chickenpox is caused by the chickenpox virus rash of acute respiratory infections, found in 2~6sui of young children, occasionally seen in the adult and infant. Main by air droplets transmitted by respiratory tract or by exposure to the herpes blister in children with pulp through clothing, appliances, toys transmitted, infectious strong. Four seasons a year can be ill seen in winter and spring.

Children infected with varicella virus, symptom occurs only after 2-3 week incubation period. General is the first day fever, accompanied by headache, anorexia, crying, dysphoric, general malaise, or cough and a rash appears, mostly spread in the head and face, torso and arm, little happened at the end of limbs, hand, foot, showing concentric distribution. Early rice to bean skin occurs when the size of the Red-spotted papular or spot, within 24 hours to form blister of a circle or oval, surrounded by a dusky, blister is easy to break and fester. 3-5 days after the blisters gradually dry, first by the Central atrophy, and then crusted, then after a few days or 2-3 week, crusted completely off and healing, without leaving any traces. Conjunctival and oral and pharyngeal mucosa of onset, vaginal mucosa damage can occur. Illness can be lifelong immunity. Minority children with weakened immune systems, poor immune function, occurs secondary to hemorrhagic blisters and bacterial infection, can lead to encephalitis, pneumonia, myocarditis, or other organ diseases.

Comparison of varicella illness in children with general relaxation, few complications, without special treatment, often in natural healing within 7-10 days. But to care, to prevent infection. Period of rash and fever to bed rest, in children to drink plenty of water, and supplying nutritious and easily digested food such as milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables, avoid eating spicy foods such as fish and shrimp; cold cold prevention, special not hair dryer; often wash up, changing, keep the skin clean; note that the cleaning of clothing and gear, pay attention to health. Room often ventilation, temperature and humidity to be appropriate. Cut nails to avoid scratch a rash caused by infection in children. If itching serious, you can clean the furnace dry-stone detergent itch, or taking drugs such as chlorpheniramine; ruptured Herpes can be painted GV, infection have anti-inflammatory ointments can be partial coating, if necessary, taking Berberine, sulfa drugs; avoid using fluocinolone acetonide, prednisone class of ointment, so as to avoid systemic varicella. If sustained high fever, cough, headache, chest pain or Herpes intensive, red red, blister fluid cloudy and diffuse fester has occurred, cellulitis or lymphadenitis in children, are sent to hospital for treatment.

For the prevention of varicella infection, children should be isolated until the rash all crusted, on contact with varicella patient observation on children the best also to isolation of 3 weeks, infirm in contact within 4 days after injection of gamma globulin. As little as possible during the popular with children go to public places.