Does child hair varicella symptom?

summary

When the onset of chickenpox, there will be a rash, and patients will feel itchy skin, sometimes may not be aware of the long chickenpox, easily confused with other skin diseases. After all, chickenpox is very common in clinic. Today, let's talk about the symptoms of chickenpox. I hope you can have a better understanding of the disease and pay attention to nursing after the onset.

Does child hair varicella symptom?

Early symptoms: infants often have no early symptoms. Older children or adults may have fever, headache, general discomfort, anorexia and upper respiratory tract symptoms, and the rash will appear 1 to 2 days later. Prodromal rash may occur occasionally.

It occurs in the trunk and head, and extends to the whole body. Its distribution is centripetal, with more hair border and chest back, less limbs and face, and occasionally palms and soles. Nasal, pharyngeal, oral, vulva and other parts of the mucosa can also rash.

The rash is usually oval in shape, 3-5mm in diameter, surrounded by a red halo, and the superficial herpes is easily broken. The rash develops rapidly. It begins with erythema, turns into papule within a few hours, and then forms herpes. When herpes occurs, the skin itches, and then becomes scab. This process sometimes takes only 6-8 hours. If there is no infection, the scab will fall off after 1-2 weeks, and generally no scar will be left.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to the change of the condition. Individual varicella patients may have pneumonia and encephalitis. If persistent high fever, cough and asthma, vomiting, headache, restlessness or drowsiness are found after eruption, they should be sent to the hospital in time when convulsion occurs.