In addition to not using fans when you have chickenpox, what other preventive measures should you take?

If most people don't know much about how to prevent it during this period, in addition to ensuring air circulation and isolation, patients also need to be vaccinated. Vaccination can increase the body's resistance to chickenpox and prevent secondary chickenpox. Special attention should be paid to preventing wind. Try not to be blown by convection air, cold fans or air conditioners outside, and other cold winds.

Can I use a fan when I have chickenpox?

There is no special treatment for chickenpox, only antiviral treatment to prevent various complications. You can drink mung bean soup in the early stage of chickenpox. During the fever period, the diet should be light and easy to digest, drink more warm water, and pay attention to rest. The skin should also be kept clean and hygienic, do not take a bath, and when the skin is itchy, you can apply some anti-itching lotion. Long nails should be cut short in time to avoid scratching the herpes and causing infection. If the herpes has broken, you can apply 1% gentian violet. Remember not to use hormone treatment, otherwise it will aggravate the condition. Do not get vaccinations for the time being, as it is easy to cause allergies. In addition, the disease can be complicated by encephalitis, myocarditis, etc. Therefore, if complications are found, you should go to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying the condition.

Common preventive measures for chickenpox

1. Pay attention to air circulation

Rainy weather is when the varicella virus is particularly active, so you should pay attention to keeping the environment clean and well-ventilated. In schools and other places, ventilation and air exchange in classrooms should be strengthened, and air disinfection can also be implemented by methods such as ultraviolet irradiation.

2. Pay attention to isolation

Chickenpox patients should be strictly isolated during the rash period until all the rashes are scabbed over (about 21 days from the onset of the disease); prevent chickenpox patients from coming into contact with susceptible children and pregnant women again.

3. Vaccination

Susceptible children are vaccinated with freeze-dried live attenuated varicella vaccine. Antibodies are produced 15 days after vaccination, and the antibody level reaches a peak at 30 days. The antibody positive conversion rate is about 95%, and the immunity is long-lasting. Vaccination with varicella vaccine is an effective means to prevent and control varicella.

4. Cultivate good hygiene habits

Wash your hands frequently, keep your skin clean, minimize skin breaks and prevent secondary infection. For contacts of high-risk groups (certain weak children or those with reduced immunity due to existing chronic diseases), passive immunization can be carried out using recovered varicella serum or immunoglobulin G.

5. During the chickenpox period

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease that develops after about 10 to 20 days of contact with the skin or inhalation of infectious droplets from an infected person. Visitors who have not had chickenpox should wear gloves and masks to avoid infection. The patient should be isolated and rest in bed at home until the fever subsides and the scabs begin to fall off.

6. Emergency prevention

Within 72 hours of contact with a chickenpox patient, if infection is suspected, 5 ml of varicella-zoster immunoglobulin can be injected intramuscularly to prevent and treat the disease. It is mainly used for people with low immunity and weak health.

7. Chickenpox vaccination

For people at high risk of chickenpox, chickenpox vaccine can be administered to prevent and treat infection with the disease.

Doctor's advice: If chickenpox does not develop complications such as skin infection, pneumonia, encephalitis, etc., the patient can generally recover smoothly without leaving scars. Once the above complications occur, be sure to be vigilant and receive specialist treatment in time. In addition, the danger of chickenpox is that shingles may occur several years after recovery from chickenpox. The patient will experience persistent local skin pain and rash. This is because the chickenpox virus lurking in the human body has revived and is endangering humans again. Therefore, when chickenpox is first infected, it must be treated thoroughly.