Four year old chickenpox symptoms?

summary

Chickenpox is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by chickenpox virus. It can occur all year round, mostly in winter and spring. Chickenpox is highly infectious. It is mainly transmitted through saliva droplets of children. It can also be caused by contact with clothes, toys and appliances contaminated by chickenpox virus.

Four year old chickenpox symptoms?

People who have not had chickenpox are easy to be infected as long as they are exposed to chickenpox virus, and 80% - 90% of them will get sick after infection. Typical symptoms: cold symptoms at first, fever at the same time or 1-2 days later, the number of different sizes of herpes.

Herpes contains water, the edge is not completely neat, around the red halo. There is severe itching, often due to scratch so that herpes ulceration, leading to infection. The virus disappeared after chickenpox scab, so the heat transfer period was about 7-8 days from 24 hours before eruption to scab formation. The incubation period is 10-21 days, generally about two weeks.

Chickenpox is mild or severe. If it occurs in a large area of the whole body, has severe fever, or has pneumonia or encephalitis, it should be hospitalized in time, and take antiviral drugs such as ganciclovir intramuscular injection, etc; If fever is not high or only skin symptoms, there is no need to be hospitalized;

matters needing attention

Isolated children: chickenpox is highly infectious, children should be immediately isolated treatment and nursing. It was isolated until the crust of the herpes completely fell off. Avoid hand scratch to break chickenpox: to cut off children's nails, to prevent scratches, so as to avoid suppurative infection, leaving scars. If you have itching, you can use the ointment prescribed by the doctor.