Symptoms of chickenpox

Many people have had chickenpox when they were young, but some people have never had chickenpox and don’t know what the symptoms of chickenpox are. Chickenpox is more common in spring and winter and is highly contagious. Generally, if one child in a class has chickenpox, the other children are likely to be infected as well. So let’s talk about the symptoms and treatment of chickenpox.

Chickenpox symptoms and treatment

The main thing is to strengthen nursing care and prevent secondary infection and complications. During the fever period, you should stay in bed and rest, and get adequate nutritional support and water supply. Clinically, symptomatic medication is the main treatment. Those with high fever can be given calamine lotion to relieve itching. If the blisters rupture, 2% gentian violet solution can be applied. If there are complications such as diffuse pustules, honeycomb structure or acute lymphadenitis, broad-spectrum antibiotics need to be used. For severe patients, intramuscular immunoglobulin can be given. Avoid using corticosteroids to prevent the spread and aggravation of chickenpox.

For patients with disseminated varicella in immunocompromised patients, neonatal varicella or varicella pneumonia, encephalitis and other severe cases, antiviral drug treatment should be adopted as soon as possible. Adenosine 10 mg/kg/d, intravenous drip. Or acyclovir 5-10 mg/kg, intravenous injection once every 8 hours, for 5-7 days, or add α-interferon to inhibit viral replication, prevent viral spread, promote skin lesion healing, speed up disease recovery, and reduce mortality.

How to prevent chickenpox?

(1) Early isolation until the rash is completely crusted and dry.

(ii) Local treatment is mainly to relieve itching and prevent infection. Gentian violet solution can be applied externally. For secondary infection, antibiotic ointment can be used externally.

(3) Antibiotics can be used when the systemic symptoms of secondary infection are severe.

Treatment for chickenpox

Varicella is an acute respiratory infection caused by the varicella virus. It is more common in children aged 2 to 6 years old and may occur in adults and infants. It is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract through air droplets. It can also be transmitted through clothes, utensils, and toys due to contact with the blister fluid in the herpes of sick children. It is highly contagious. The disease can occur throughout the year, but is more common in winter and spring.

After children are infected with the varicella virus, symptoms will not appear until after a latent period of 2 to 3 weeks. Generally, there is a fever for one day, accompanied by headache, anorexia, crying, irritability, general discomfort or cough, and then a rash appears, mostly distributed on the head, face, trunk and armpits, and rarely on the limbs, palms and soles, and distributes centripetally. At the beginning, bright red macules or maculopapules ranging in size from rice grains to beans appear on the skin. Within 24 hours, round or oval blisters with a red halo around them form. The blisters are very easy to break and decay.