Symptoms and treatment of varicella

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Chickenpox is a kind of skin disease, serious can also develop into visceral severe. It is caused by varicella zoster virus. It is a primary infection. If it does not develop into visceral type, it has a good prognosis, does not leave scars, and may be lifelong immune. Most of them occur in children and occasionally in adults. The disease usually occurs in winter and spring. The symptom of varicella and remedial method? Let's talk about it

Symptoms and treatment of varicella

For patients with disseminated varicella, neonatal varicella or varicella pneumonia, encephalitis and other serious cases with low immunity, antiviral drugs should be used as early as possible. Acyclovir is the first choice of antiviral drugs in the treatment of varicella zoster at present, but the effect should be better within 24 hours after the onset. Or add α- Interferon can inhibit the replication of virus, prevent the spread of virus, promote the healing of skin lesions, accelerate the recovery of the disease and reduce the mortality.

Topical treatment is mainly to relieve itching and prevent infection. Calamine lotion can be applied externally. 1% METHYLVIOLET or antibiotic ointment can be applied externally in patients with herpes or secondary infection. When the systemic symptoms of secondary infection are serious, antibiotics can be used. Do not use corticosteroids to prevent varicella.

Children should be isolated early until all the rash scab, generally not less than two weeks after the disease. Children who have been in contact with varicella patients should be isolated and observed for 3 weeks. There is no specific treatment for the disease, mainly symptomatic treatment and prevention of secondary skin infection, keep clean, avoid scratching. Strengthen nursing, frequently change clothes, frequently cut nails, to prevent secondary infection of blisters. Actively isolate patients to prevent infection.

matters needing attention

Clothes, bedding, towels, dressings, toys, tableware, etc. exposed to varicella herpetic fluid should be disinfected by washing, drying, scalding, boiling and burning according to the situation, and should not be shared with healthy people. At the same time, change clothes frequently to keep skin clean. Pay attention to the changes of the condition. If persistent high fever, cough and asthma, vomiting, headache, restlessness or drowsiness are found after rash, send to the hospital in time for treatment in case of convulsion.