Symptoms of adult varicella

summary

The incubation period of varicella is 12-21 days, with an average of 14 days. It is an acute infectious disease caused by the initial infection of varicella zoster virus, which needs isolation treatment. It usually occurs in winter and spring, and is characterized by fever and mass emergence of systemic red macular papules, herpes, or scabs. There is no specific treatment for this disease. The symptoms of adult chickenpox are as follows.

Symptoms of adult varicella

First: varicella infectious patients is the only source of infection, the disease incubation period is usually 12-21 days, the average time is 14 days. Generally, the onset is more acute, prone to mild or moderate fever, accompanied by rash, and slowly develop into blisters, after about 2 to 3 days, blisters dry up, scab and fall off.

Second: patients should pay attention to isolation as soon as possible, and pay attention to children who have been in contact with chickenpox. They should be isolated and observed for 3 weeks. Local treatment is mainly to stop itching and prevent infection, usually can choose external application of gentian violet liquid treatment, for some secondary infection can be treated with topical antibiotic ointment.

Third: if the treatment is secondary infection, systemic symptoms are serious, patients can be combined with the use of antibiotics. During the treatment, we should pay attention not to use hormone for varicella, so as to avoid virus spreading. During the treatment period, we should also pay attention to avoid grasping the affected area with hands, so as to avoid infection affecting the treatment.

matters needing attention

Corticosteroids should not be used in the treatment to prevent the occurrence and aggravation of chickenpox and affect the health. Patients must do a good job in isolation, children suggest varicella vaccine for prevention, usually pay more attention to personal hygiene and so on.