Chickenpox usually affects children younger than 10 years old.most often - the first four years of life. It is almost impossible to get sick again with chickenpox: immunity to this disease remains forever. There were only isolated cases of re-infection - in people with severe immunodeficiency. Its pathogen is a special filtering virus: in adults, it causes shingles, but in children it develops chickenpox when infected. The symptoms are difficult to confuse with signs of other diseases, as the rash in chicken pox has a characteristic appearance.
Chickenpox, whose symptoms appear in 2-3weeks after infection, manifested almost simultaneous fever and rash. At first they have the appearance of red spots, after a few hours, bubbles with a clear liquid appear in their place (the so-called papulovesicular rash). The source of infection is the patient: chickenpox is transmitted only by airborne droplets, from person to person. At the same time, they do not even need to be close to each other - the virus can be transported with a current of air from one room to another. Outside the human body, it quickly dies, so it is almost impossible to get chickenpox through household items. A patient with chickenpox is contagious a day before the rash appears. It is possible to get infected from it throughout the entire period of rashes, until the end of the crust falling off - in this regard, the first five days of the disease are most dangerous. Quarantine for chicken pox is 21 days - at this time a child who has not yet been ill with her, but who has been in contact with a sick person, is not allowed into the team.
Chicken pox eruptions are mostly localized toupper torso and head, less often - on the limbs. After a few days, they begin to dry out. This process is accompanied by itching, sometimes quite strong. There are differences in how chickenpox manifests itself in children who are physically healthy and weakened: for example, in the former, the disease usually progresses easily, in the latter, it is often accompanied by complications. These are, above all, lymphadenitis, pyoderma, and also quite serious diseases: encephalitis, myocarditis. Chickenpox, the symptoms of which are well known, has its own characteristics: for example, it usually has several cycles of eruptions, each of which is accompanied by a rise in temperature. Therefore, on the patient's skin, as a rule, there are bubbles and red spots, and drying crusts. The symptoms of chickenpox in adolescents and adults are usually more pronounced: they are more likely to experience general intoxication, high fever, and severe pruritus. Pregnant women can get chickenpox and transmit this virus to their baby. Although, according to statistics, there are very few such cases, you should not discount the possible risks: if a child’s acquaintances or friends have chicken pox, the pregnant woman should be delayed to visit them.
Chickenpox, the symptoms of which, although not dangerous,however, quite unpleasant, does not require specific treatment. To relieve itching will help blur the rash green paint and a solution of vinegar, powder it with talcum powder. In some cases, the doctor may recommend antihistamines, and when attaching a bacterial infection - antibiotics. Paracetamol or ibuprofen (“Nurofen”) is used to reduce the temperature. Giving aspirin to a child who has chickenpox is absolutely not recommended!
In order to avoid infection of the rash is necessarypay special attention to hygiene. Most often they pass without a trace, but young children need to cut their nails shortly and make sure that they do not strip off itchy crusts - otherwise scarring may occur. In the first week of the disease, bed rest is shown. A recovered child may attend kindergarten or school five days after the last rash appears.
