Antiviral treatment of varicella

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Chickenpox is infectious, my cousin also suffered from chickenpox, which is infectious in school. Recently, he has a fever, so he can't attend class, so he has to treat it at home. So let's talk about how to carry out antiviral treatment for patients with chickenpox.

Antiviral treatment of varicella

First: varicella patients need to do antiviral treatment, will be more effective, it is recommended that oral antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin or acyclovir; pruritus at the same time oral cetirizine or loratadine, topical calamine lotion; Blister damage at the same time oral antibiotics, such as azithromycin or amoxicillin to prevent infection.

Second: chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus infection, the disease has a certain infectious, so during the onset, patients generally should not play with adults and children who have not suffered from chickenpox, so as not to infect others.

Third: fever in general temperature above 38 degrees can be oral antipyretic, light diet, eat less cold can. Be careful not to scratch the skin around the blisters to avoid skin infection or leaving scars or pigmentation. The disease was cured in 7-10 days.

matters needing attention

The treatment is mainly anti infection and anti-virus. Cimetidine can be used for intravenous drip treatment, and the effect is better. During the treatment, we should pay attention not to eat spicy food, not to drink pigmented food, and drink more boiled water to cure the disease as soon as possible.