Chickenpox is a contagious disease that spreads through breathing, coughing and sneezing, contact with an infected person or sharing personal items. It usually spreads in late winter to early summer, from January to April. Chickenpox is most common in children aged 5-9 years. Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella virus and has an incubation period of 10-21 days. Patients can spread the disease from 2 days before symptoms appear until the blisters break and become scabs.
Symptom
- Stage 1 : Pink or red bumps start to form on the skin and last for several days .
- Stage 2 : Blisters develop within a day and begin to break.
- Stage 3 : Scabs form over the broken blisters. These scabs take several more days to heal.
Treatment methods
- If you have a fever, wipe your body and take paracetamol to reduce the fever. Do not use aspirin.
- Apply anti-itch or anti-itch medication.
- Cut your nails short to prevent scratching สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที, which can easily cause infection.
- Use saline (for cleaning the wound) to clean the wound to help it heal faster.
- Use medicated soap to wash your body and bathe to prevent skin infections.
- Adults or children over 12 years old and infants will also use antiviral drugs because this group of children can often develop complications.
- If you experience symptoms such as chest tightness, rapid breathing, fever that does not go down, headache, or pustules, you must rush to the hospital because serious complications can occur, such as pneumonia, encephalitis, or bloodstream infection.
Chickenpox or infection with the Varicella virus can be transmitted through breathing, coughing, sneezing, and direct contact, such as touching sores or blisters on the body of an infected person, or indirect contact, such as sharing personal items with an infected person, such as pillows, mattresses, towels, etc.
This disease can spread from 1-2 days before the rash appears until it scabs. Since the virus can spread easily during this time, patients should take a break from treatment to prevent spreading the infection to others.
Chickenpox is usually a one-time infection. After the infection, the body builds up immunity, but the germs remain hidden in nerve nodes, which can develop into shingles.